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Panasonic Investment Will Catalyze a Power and Materials Industry Ecosystem

by Adam Bruns

Panasonic’s $4 billion, 4,000-job EV battery plant in De Soto is all anyone in Kansas economic development can talk about these days.

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How Renewables Power A State Economy

by Ron Starner

The windswept plains of Kansas harness enough energy to power the future.

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The Heart Of America

The community of Russell offers the perfect blend of
a high quality of life and opportunities for industry.

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How Kansas Plans To Accelerate Economic Growth

by Ron Starner

‘This is no time to become complacent,’ says Commerce Secretary David Toland.

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Top Awards Recognize Kansas’ Winning Business Climate

by Mark Arend

Those charged with marketing their states based on their business climates will usually cite job growth statistics, capital investment projects and other measures. Kansas has the hardware in its trophy case to prove its business case.

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Forget the Flyover Talk, Kansas Has Moved to the Top

by Ron Starner

Gov. Kelly outlines the steps she took to propel the state to the No. 1 ranking in economic development.

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Biggest Names in STEM Fly North For Talent

by Anna Reuter

Investment into Canadian workforce doubles down in three major industries.

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Inside the World’s Robotic Race

by Alexis Elmore

Automation sweeps through the world’s industries, with no plan to slow down.

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Wanna be a Skillionaire™?

by Adam Bruns

Backers of a new online game initiative in South Carolina see the opportunity to alter young people’s career trajectories in life sciences and beyond.

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Springfield, MO, Wants to Serve You and 51 Other Counties

by Anna Reuter

The Quadra-Regional Workforce Alliance will push $17.5 million into 51 counties over the next three years.

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Ford Teaming Up With TCAT to Train 5,800 Recruits

by Ron Starner

What will it take to build the electric vehicles of the future?

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How Prologis Primes The Talent Pump

by Mark Arend

For Tomorrow’s Logistics Workforce

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INDUSTRY AND INCLUSION

The manufacturing supply problem isn’t raw materials — it’s talent.

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My Favorite Machinist Is A Woman!

by Anna Reuter

Sparks fly between local businesses in Lynchburg, Virginia, and the second career machinists training at a high-caliber makerspace.

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Ohio’s Future Workforce Gains Development Intel

by Alexis Elmore

Intel and the National Science Foundation invest $50 million in Ohio institutions to address STEM workforce challenges.

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Build Together, Fly Together

by Alexis Elmore

Institutions and industry enter the cockpit to educate next-generation talent.

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Area Spotlights

Hub and Spokane

by Adam Bruns

Unison Elliott Bay, located near Seattle’s new Climate Pledge Arena and nearby Myrtle Edwards and Centennial Parks, recently attracted a major lease from Sonoma Bio.

Image courtesy of JLL and RMR Group

Life sciences and the science of good living offer a heady blend in Washington.

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Area Spotlights

Southwest: How Clean Tech Is Turning The Southwest Desert Green

by Anna Reuter

The TRE BEV from Nikola Coporation began rolling off lines earlier this year at the company’s Coolidge, Arizona, plant.

Photo courtesy of Nikola Corporation

Whether it’s a byproduct of the 1960s’ earth-loving hippy caravan, or simply the recent influx of high-tech workers…

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The Best Outcome? Higher Income

by Adam Bruns

A new project from the Aspen Institute and Columbia University’s Community College Research Center aims to align credentials with better earnings.

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Workforce Training Becomes an Economic Catalyst

Off The Grid Brewery is a 10-year-old family-owned business based at the heart of Southern California in San Bernardino County, that had long been able to meet its hiring needs on its own.

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Don’t Call These Skills Soft

Problem solving and communication are among the ‘durable skills’ in huge demand as the global labor shortage grows.

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Georgia Supercharges Growth Through Worker Training

by Ron Starner

Quick Start teaches Georgians how to build EVs, batteries and corporate jets.

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U.S. Commerce Funds Give Jolt to Locally Driven Workforce Development Initiatives

by Adam Bruns

After reviewing 509 applicants from across the United States and its territories.

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The College Connection

by Adam Bruns

Higher education aims to take people and communities across Texas to higher ground.

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