By Rebecca Boone/Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former regional manager for private prison company Corrections Corporation of America says top employees at a private prison in Idaho were given yearly bonuses if they cut costs on salary, wages and other operational expenses and met other company goals. CCA, which has since changed its
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By Rebecca Boone/Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former regional manager for private prison company Corrections Corporation of America says top employees at a private prison in Idaho were given yearly bonuses if they cut costs on salary, wages and other operational expenses and met other company goals. CCA, which has since changed its
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By Zach Kyle/The Idaho Statesman A finance news and opinion website ranked Idaho the third-best state for business, though not all of the report’s findings are good for workers. The website, 24/7 Wall St., crunched Census data and ranked states by several factors contributing to favorable business conditions. Idaho notched the 10th-highest change in state
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By Zach Kyle/The Idaho Statesman A finance news and opinion website ranked Idaho the third-best state for business, though not all of the report’s findings are good for workers. The website, 24/7 Wall St., crunched Census data and ranked states by several factors contributing to favorable business conditions. Idaho notched the 10th-highest change in state
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By Alison Noon/The Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Computer chips that store personal information and could be used to pinpoint someone’s location could not be implanted in humans without consent under a bill Nevada state lawmakers weighed on Monday. Lawmakers on a judicial panel considered whether Nevada should join at least four other
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By Betsy Russell BOISE — An Idaho House committee voted down legislation Monday to ban the sale of aerial fireworks in Idaho. Shooting off aerial fireworks already is illegal in the state, but a loophole in the law allows them to be sold legally at two busy locations in southwestern Idaho. Those businesses require purchasers
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By Rebecca Boone/Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jurors heard opening arguments Monday in a lawsuit brought by former inmates against the nation’s largest private prison company, CoreCivic — formerly called Corrections Corporation of America. “When you choose to do a dangerous job, you must do it right,” said Thomas J. Angstman, the attorney representing
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By Lisa Marie Pane/Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — They are the stuff of legend, wielded by hit men and by James Bond. For decades, buying a silencer for a firearm has been as difficult as buying a machine gun, requiring a background check that can take close to a year. Now, emboldened by the election
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By Emily Valla/Better Business Bureau An Idaho man recently received got a phone call to his cellphone. It showed up as a local number, and as a business person, he needs to answer the phone even when he doesn’t recognize the number. A recorded voice was on the other end. “Hi, this is Allison from
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By Scott Maben/Post Register A northern Idaho operator of unmanned aircraft systems tripled its sales in 2016 as it widened its focus beyond agricultural jobs such as monitoring crops, livestock and timber stands. Empire Unmanned, based in Hayden, experienced “tremendous growth” in mining, engineering and structure inspections, the company said Jan. 13. The company flew
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