Economic Development
Covering topics such as development incentives, business preservation, job creation and training and unemployment.
The programs are growing and expanding. What’s needed is a focus on how well they’re working — whether they are offering students success and reflecting states’ economic priorities.
With 17 percent of office space vacant and remote work reshaping demand, developers are pivoting toward residential construction that could help ease the region’s housing shortage.
As long as Congress disregards the collateral damage that AI and other new technologies are already bringing to our economy, states and municipalities will need to move quickly to capture new revenues to support workers left behind.
This long-depressed city has overcome some of its most serious problems. Maybe others can accomplish the same thing.
How can tariffs affect not just consumers, but state economies? An economist who studies trade policy offers an overview.
Especially when it comes to data centers, it’s hard to square the costs to taxpayers with the benefits to states’ economies.
A pioneer in AI governance talks about why policymakers must shape the wise use of this powerful technology.
Lawmakers in some Republican-controlled states face resistance from business groups that say strict verification could cripple key industries.
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.
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