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Entrepreneurship is making a mark in Montana.

Senior Editor Gary Daughters talks to leaders in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware about why they performed so well in “Top States for Business” rankings from CNBC.

For logistics thought leadership, we turned to our friends at IAMC and SIOR for an excerpt from their latest DesignFlex2030 series of whitepapers on the flexible industrial distribution facilities network of the future.

Quick-hitting stories deliver news about a port’s growth in Vancouver, Washington; Duke Realty’s new Indy HQ; Michigan winning out over Tennessee; U.S. job growth; and the retracing of a 150-year-old corporate relocation journey.

Ron Starner lets go of the wheel and discovers firsthand how Torc Robotics engineered a leading position in self-driving vehicle tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Even without right-to-work, Missouri Governor Mike Parson and his cabinet leaders are out to refresh the state’s economic development vision, one town and one project at a time.

Hear from leaders of a growing BPO firm, a thriving coding school, an expanding airport, Albuquerque Economic Development, a new soccer team and Mayor Tim Keller, among others, in this update on a place where culture and business go together like red chiles on huevos rancheros.

With a boost from shale reserves, Pittsburgh International Airport is ready to soar. Plus: Gary Daughters’ interview with Marcellus Shale Coalition President David J. Spigelmyer.

For most New Yorkers, ‘underwater’ triggers bad memories of Hurricane Sandy or the financial crisis. For this one, it signaled opportunity.

Only if it’s a sin to be smart.

The supermarket chain’s inexorable march north includes a $300-million investment in Greensboro, North Carolina.

As IAMC convenes in Philadelphia for its Fall Professional Forum, read Chair Mark Eichkorn’s reflections on the challenges of keeping up, and learn from the Research Roundtable on best practices in master service agreements, held at the Spring Professional Forum in Savannah.

For advanced transportation technology, California is leading the way.

Cryptocurrency made in America springs from a huge data center in Plano — even as a Chinese rival sets up an even bigger shop just down the road.

The inaugural Global Groundwork Index sizes up the territories where infrastructure and corporate investment are aligning for the future.

Will Florida diamonds turn into gold in Tampa, Lakeland and North Port? MLB teams think so.

The Natural State drafts a plan for its companies’ future competitiveness.

Gary Daughters discovers that Burley leads Idaho in big-time investments.

Something’s cooking next door at Subaru too, all part of a master-planned development across the Delaware from Philadelphia.

Theme park designer ITEC Entertainment is the ultimate show runner, bringing its proven brand of storytelling to the exploding universe of mixed-use destinations.

New Orleans and Lafayette burnish their IT credentials.

News from around the world includes snapshots of UNCTAD’s latest FDI scoreboard, the UK’s tech momentum, architects who best deploy daylight, Nordic demographics, aerospace in Ukraine and Mercedes-Benz in Hungary.

The president of a major defense and security company’s drone division tells us why it made sense to join more than 1,100 other aerospace-related firms in the Sooner State.

Leaders in biotech, engineering, unmanned aerial vehicles and the startup community find this region along the North Dakota-Minnesota state line ideal for doing business and living a good life at the same time.