Economic Development
Covering topics such as development incentives, business preservation, job creation and training and unemployment.
Starting pay must be at least 62 percent of average district pay. That’s lifted morale and reduced vacancies in Billings by 70 percent.
Travel and visitor spending fell sharply in early 2025, resulting in a $14.4 million loss. Polling points to U.S. policy and rhetoric deterring travel.
Akron, Ohio, reopened a major downtown park after a $17 million renovation last year, part of a strategy to promote downtown growth by investing in public spaces.
The state’s Roth IRA program has signed up more than 20,500 employees and will soon mandate employer participation if no other plan exists.
Small colleges in small towns are up against stiff odds. But some are finding ways to thrive.
Driven by rising poverty and inadequate retirement income, older people are increasingly turning to employment, with labor force participation in urban areas climbing more steeply.
Statewide filings rose 12 percent in July, with the Las Vegas metro placing third nationally in foreclosure rates.
With $29 billion in AI funding in the first half of 2025, San Francisco is seeing office space fill, tech events multiply and public debate intensify over AI’s risks and rewards.
Municipalities are investing in small-business corridors to combat closures, rebuild after disaster and boost local economies.
Cities like Holyoke, Springfield and Fitchburg struggle to attract developers amid weak housing markets and costly environmental cleanup.
Cities that depend heavily on federal research dollars will necessarily take a hit. But a look at two different cities suggests two possible futures.
Funding cuts eliminate nearly half the grants, forcing nonprofits to downsize and cancel internships, leaving thousands adrift.
By combining skills training, mental health support, and guaranteed job placement, the R.I.S.E. program offers a rare promise of post-release stability in Oklahoma.
Despite all the rhetoric about an environmental "war on coal," what drove its decline were falling prices for natural gas.
An economist who helped convince the Biden administration to spend more on research bemoans the deep cuts proposed by President Donald Trump.
Employers aren’t happy with the skills today’s college graduates bring to the workplace. A few states are addressing the problem with effective work-based learning programs.
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