Disaster Loans & Local Recovery: The SBA is reminding Idaho businesses, nonprofits, and residents that low-interest disaster loans are available after Dec. 16–18, 2025 straight-line winds, with deadlines of Aug. 7 for physical damage and March 8, 2027 for economic injury. Disaster Loan Oversight: The House passed the Davis-led Disaster Loan Accountability and Reform Act to tighten SBA disaster-loan reporting and prevent future funding shortfalls. Cost Pressure on Main Street: San Jose shops are raising prices and trimming perks as inflation squeezes margins, with local operators pointing to steep jumps in core inputs like eggs and ice cream base. AI for Small Business (with guardrails): A guide warns that AI influencer income claims can be shaky, but suggests a safer use: treating AI characters as a controlled creative asset for testing branding and product storytelling. Tech & Growth Opportunities: NASA and the SBA launched a new SBIC initiative aimed at funding the space industrial base, while ArcStone earned Women-Owned Small Business certification to expand federal contracting access. Policy Watch: Trump declared a food-supply emergency and temporarily suspended tariffs on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer to protect U.S. farm access to key inputs. Business Climate: A Montana report finds more side-job activity feeding entrepreneurship, with the state seeing net-positive business creation since 2014.