Over the past two decades, Idaho’s rural populations have been aging and struggling with housing affordability, but have also ...

In a webinar last week, representatives from the Idaho Department of Labor discussed the state’s continued growth that has helped fill an expanding labor market. Department spokespersons noted that ...

State labor economists gathered Tuesday for a virtual webinar discussing the landscape of Idaho’s rural economies, touching on a range of issues from the character of rural labor to the housing ...

The informational panel was just one part of a multi-part project profiling rural Idaho, the first of its kind from Idaho’s Department of Labor in 20 years. Though rural can often be an amorphous term ...

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased between April and May, from 3.7% to 3.6%. The labor force participation rate — which is the percentage of people 16 or older who are either ...

Both of Idaho's senators have signed onto a letter asking the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor to ...

A prominent Treasure Valley ice cream company is facing over $321,000 in civil penalties after it was found that four of its Idaho retail locations put the safety of dozens of child employees at risk, ...

A state employee has been dismissed from his position with the Idaho Department of Labor’s Human Rights Commission due to social media rhetoric about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Department of Labor ...

Members of the local agriculture sector say migrant workers are critical to Idaho’s economy and immigration reform is needed ...

Cattle graze in a field adjacent to a development under construction north of Beacon Light Road in Star in this 2023 file photo. State labor economists on Tuesday discussed the state’s rural economies ...