Area Spotlights

Mark Twain found the Upper Mississippi otherworldly, serene and bucolic when he traveled through the region 130 years ago.

Think tax certainty doesn't matter to capital investors? Think again. Two of Oregon's largest corporations - Nike and Intel - just signed major expansion deals that will add at least 1,000 jobs to the state's economy in the next few years.

Asked to describe the house in Tupelo where Elvis was born, one local woman puts it this way: “You could spit in the front door, and hit the dog goin’ out the back.”

Indiana boasts the best business climate in the Midwest, say consultants who read Site Selection, but plenty of executives are voting for Chicago with their pocketbooks.

Governor Rick Snyder had a big economic development win in 2013 when Michigan became the nation’s 24th right-to-work state, but he’s not resting on his laurels.

Imagine not one, but two commercial aircraft manufacturers announcing new jetliner assembly plants in your state within a year.

Food and beverage is one of Virginia’s top industry sectors, with more than 33,000 people working at PepsiCo, Tyson, Boar’s Head Provisions, Lipton Tea and well over 500 other companies.

Travelers Insurance scoured the country and chose Sarpy County, Neb., for the giant insurer’s second major data center in the US.