Area Spotlights

OKLAHOMA: How Oklahoma Stocks Its Aviation Talent Pond

The state’s new leader of economic development is here to ‘blow it up.’

One province hopes to come out on top in the Canadian push to advance green hydrogen production.

Missouri: Show-Me Showbiz

When one door closes, Microsoft swoops in.

West Virginia: Paving the Way for Progress

The sense of adventure conjured by the mere thought of the Rocky Mountains has real traction in the world of business.

From AI to super commuters, I-85 has seen it all.

A group of 22 partners representing Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem have banded together to fund a new national economic development campaign to bolster Colorado into “America’s epicenter for life sciences innovation.” Launched in February, the Colorado Hub for Healthcare Impact comprises entities from each level of the state’s life sciences network The campaign highlights six […]

CBRE’s U.S. Life Sciences Research Talent 2023 report named not one but two Ohio cities among the top emerging hubs for researchers. Out of the nine clusters ranked, Columbus and Cincinnati, No.1 and No.2, were the only cities included from the same state. Both represent robust research institution networks that have received significant support through […]

Interstate 35 runs from Duluth, Minnesota, to Laredo, Texas, making it a key north-south artery through the central United States for moving imports and exports to and from Canada and Mexico. Besides the state capitals of St. Paul, Des Moines, Oklahoma City and Austin, I-35 links Kansas City, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio and the […]

Two growing companies from Cedar Rapids shoot to national prominence by knowing how to dish off value for others.

Miners head beneath Utah’s natural wonders to strike gold (among other critical minerals).

Hint: They’re getting cleaner, greener and bigger.

Nearshoring to the Americas to depend less on China? Better get there before the Chinese firms do.

Aviation and space industry investment is skyrocketing.

Gulf Coast ports usher in an era of resiliency and record-setting deals.

An electrical engineer builds the case for the Sunshine State.

Northvolt investment affirms aggressive battery strategy.

A federally funded initiative seeks to re-imagine the Great Lakes.

An electric corridor project in January was selected to receive $63.8 million for the buildout.

A small town in Kankakee County, located less than an hour outside of Chicago, last fall secured the largest electric vehicle battery investment...

Minnesota manufacturers are cautiously optimistic about 2024, according to the Minnesota Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey, the results of which were announced in February.

There’s a lot of movement happening within the borders of New Mexico and that movement appears to come from opportunities — job opportunities, to be specific.