Area Spotlights

Stellantis will reopen its Belvidere plant. The state continues to attract investments in the EV and clean energy sectors.

A new report quantifies the economic impact of the state’s six commercial service airports.

Major projects show why SAF is the fuel of the future for the aviation sector.

Primient and Sustainea Biologics partner on a novel approach to sustainability in the corn wet milling and plastics sectors. Superior Ag lands a new facility on the banks of the Ohio River in Spencer County.

Hydroelectricity helps deliver the EV revolution to central Washington.

Three solar companies fortify Albuquerque’s sustainability profile with projects. A helium production plant rises outside Roswell.

The Smackover Formation in Arkansas is one part of a regional lithium play with promise for the EV and battery sectors.

In Seattle, it’s time to put a lid on things to reconnect people and places.

How Vacaville became a biotech boomtown in the Bay Area. Plus updates on wildfire recovery, legislation, film production in San Diego, energy storage at Camp Pendleton and the state’s leadership in green building.

The hot-button issue of congestion pricing in New York City highlights a larger regional conversation about commuting and transit options.

This state has put its chips on the table in support of the semiconductor industry.

How one state keeps its innovation companies on track.

The $635 million Port Delaware Container Terminal is set to boost capabilities at the Port of Wilmington.

Snapshots of the past and future on a stretch of road the author grew up traveling.

Technology means more here. Just ask the folks behind chip and quantum projects up and down the corridor.

Multiple projects show why Oak Ridge National Lab is a catalyst behind resurging interest in nuclear power.

Larry Lewis and Kim Caudle Lewis are a power couple with purpose in northern Alabama

Ron Starner talks to top executives at a sustainable aviation fuel maker and an AI cloud hyperscaler about why they’re betting big on small Midwest towns.

How Michigan engineered a lightning-fast turnaround in its talent pool.

Home to the nation’s best business tax climate for the fifth year in a row, the state sees multiple projects land in Laramie.

Film production projects keep discovering the Big Sky State, including a new complex in the same town where Edison made the first Montana film 127 years ago.

Every clogged highway today was once pristine. Where the next wave of priority Interstate corridors are forming.

A pioneering unmanned aerial vehicle program takes on in North Dakota, while an earthmoving equipment company expands in South Dakota.

The state’s invaluable milk supply secures major project wins.