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Today, the Nampa Development Corporation, the City of Nampa, the Nampa Library, and the Gardner Company broke ground on the Library Square project in downtown Nampa. The Library Square project consists of construction of a new 62,000 sq. ft. library, privately owned and developed retail and office space, and a multi-story parking garage to serve [...] Read More

White Peterson attorney William F. Nichols testified before the House Local Government Committee of the Idaho Legislature on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 as the committee considered House Bill 246. This particular legislation regarding development impact fee ordinances and fees would have overturned decades of case law precedent that presumes that legislative enactments by local governing [...] Read More

Matthew Johnson  has  been elected to serve as  Treasurer  for  the Rotary  Club of Nampa. His term will begin July 1, 2012.  Matt has been a member of Rotary for three years and has served on the Board for the past year. He has also taken an active role in helping with Nampa Rotary’s Paws for [...] Read More

White Peterson is pleased to announce Matthew A. Johnson and Davis F. VanderVelde have become shareholders in the firm. Johnson has practiced law at White Peterson for five years and VanderVelde has practiced law at the firm for over four years. Mr. Johnson earned his law degree and a master’s degree in political science from Washington [...] Read More

On December 20, 2012, Matt Johnson and Terry White successfully obtained judicial confirmation for the City of Nampa to proceed on a loan application for an Idaho Department of Environmental Quality State Revolving Fund.  This was a critical hurdle for the City to overcome in order to pursue final IDEQ approval of the loan.  Nampa [...] Read More

On November 8th and 9th, 2012, tax and estate planning attorney Phil Peterson participated in the 54th Conference of the Idaho State Tax Institute, an annual continuing education seminar which he has been attending for over 30 years. This year’s topics included Estate Planning Under Expiring Transfer Tax Provisions (part of the “fiscal cliff”), Compensation [...] Read More

White Peterson partners, Terrence R. White and William F. Nichols, have been reappointed to the Legal Technical Analysis Team of the AIC Legislative Committee for the 2012-2013 year. They will play an important role in reviewing and analyzing bills during the 2013 legislative session. Read More