Donald Trump won two presidential elections by promising to put American workers first. On the eve of the 2026 midterms, ...

In many ways, these are communities where the American Dream is still alive. Take Le Mars, Iowa. Dubbed the ice cream ...

What our data shows is that many small town and rural communities are finally enjoying some wind in their sails to support revitalization efforts, as population growth in the nation’s least populous ...

Why the Midwest Is Now the Most Affordable Region in the Nation Categories: In the News | Published On: October 6, 2026 | ...

EIG’s leadership is drawn from a wide array of backgrounds: policy experts, start-up founders, investors, and academics. What they share is a commitment to creating a more dynamic and innovative ...

Left-behind counties in the United States have just experienced their strongest three-year period of job creation and business growth since the turn of the 21st century. Despite their vigorous ...

Strategic industries are increasingly reliant on highly skilled workers. The share of the strategic industry workforce with a graduate degree has grown from 12.4 to 19.6 percent since 2000.

Manufacturing employment in the United States has surpassed its pre-pandemic levels, the first time since the 1970s that the sector has regained all the jobs it lost in a recession. Yet its recovery ...

Just in time to inform governors’ work nominating the next round of Opportunity Zone (OZ) census tracts this summer, the Treasury Department has released new data reporting that federal OZ tax ...

Newly released Census data shows that remote work has increased unevenly across the United States. The highest rate of remote work is in Washington, DC, where 33.6% of the population worked remotely ...