David Staats

From the Editor by David Staats: Reporting for multiple readerships

When we cover an event, we try to serve people who get news on their electronic devices and people who take time once a day to read the print edition. We aim to report with both immediacy and depth.

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IDAHO ECONOMY

From the Editor by David Staats: Obamacare and your business

This week's cover story is unusual: It's more a graphic than a story.
IDAHO ECONOMY

From the Editor by David Staats: Can reality catch up to tech dream?

The idea for this week's cover story on software companies came from a 2003 Statesman story headlined, "Hardware companies far outpace software in Idaho."
IDAHO ECONOMY

From the Editor by David Staats: An alert eye on public records

May 17 was a Friday like most others for Peggy Calhoun, a Statesman news assistant. She was compiling a week's worth of new-business registrations for BI. She spotted an unusual name: Fazzliddin Kurbanov Inc.
DAVID STAATS

From the Editor by David Staats: Way to go, Audrey, Bill and Patrick

I was happy to read the headline in the May 19 Statesman: "Audrey Dutton wins reporter of the year." Dutton's honor was one of several our business reporting team received in the annual Idaho Press Club competition for work in 2012.
IDAHO ECONOMY

From the Editor by David Staats: A light in the darkness of health costs

Most of us understand little about what our health care actually costs and what it should cost. The federal government's release May 8 of the costs of 100 classes of medical procedures at U.S. hospitals was a flashlight in the cave.
IDAHO ECONOMY

From the Editor by David Staats: An eye on Idaho public companies

This is quarterly earnings season, when our business-news team watches for news from Idaho’s top publicly traded companies.
IDAHO ECONOMY

From the Editor by David Staats: A Statesman business reporter returns to an old beat

This is a bittersweet moment: Business reporter Bill Roberts is changing assignments. This is the last edition of Business Insider with his name in the staff box.
IDAHO ECONOMY

From the Editor by David Staats: When money is unwanted

The other day I called the owner of a local business that had been in the news. I asked him if he would like to write a column about the experience. We had a lively conversation about what he could write. He agreed to try. He seemed happy to be asked.
IDAHO ECONOMY

From the editor, David Staats: Got an opinion? Share it

Covering Idaho business and economic stories for a business-minded readership may be the primary role this magazine plays, but it's not the only one. Another is providing a robust selection of advice and opinion by local columnists sharing their expertise.
IDAHO ECONOMY

From the Editor by David Staats: Albertsons vs. Albertson's

We all want to know what will happen to local Albertsons stores and employees now that the two Albertsons chains are together again. Will any stores close? Will more employees be let go?