Economic Development
Covering topics such as development incentives, business preservation, job creation and training and unemployment.
This long-depressed city has overcome some of its most serious problems. Maybe others can accomplish the same thing.
Lottery officials say digital sales would boost funding for parks and wildlife, but lawmakers fear a shift toward casino-style gaming.
We make it too hard for immigrants with substantial education and professional experience gained in other countries to work here at their skill level, filling critical labor shortages. We should evaluate competence in a rigorous yet realistic way.
Eddie Melton, the mayor of Gary, Ind., has worked to attract new investment while promoting the narrative of a comeback. It’s got a long way to come back.
A new Dallas Fed forecast points to modest gains in 2026 as labor shortages and immigration limits restrain hiring.
Temporary pandemic-era changes helped a lot. Continuing revival requires systems calibrated to rural scale rather than to urban norms.
Civil service exam bottlenecks and union pushback halted a plan to join a streamlined hiring program, leaving agencies understaffed as Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes office.
While rivals like Texas and Florida posted gains, California lost jobs and recorded the nation’s highest unemployment rate.
Gov. Bob Ferguson supports a proposed nearly 10 percent tax on incomes over $1 million.
An Urban Institute analysis tracked growth in median household income between 1970 and 2023. State rates range from negative to nearly 80 percent.
Traffic speeds averaged just 12.6 mph last year, pushing the city to third place nationally for congestion as downtown activity rebounds.
Switzerland’s education system embodies a tight connection between school and work, functioning as a talent development system for the economy. Employers take the lead.
New Census estimates show the state added more residents than any state in 2025 even as immigration and domestic migration drop to their lowest rates in years.
Whether they come from abroad or elsewhere in the U.S., they are reshaping communities in profound ways. That’s not likely to change.
Kansas flex-plexes and Indiana microcenters are turning underused spaces into multiprovider childcare facilities.
Unlike federal DOGE, the Montgomery County office doesn’t envision layoffs becoming part of its mission.
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