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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dear Committee Chairs, Members, and Staff: We write as a bipartisan group of economists to urge you to safeguard the integrity of the U.S. statistical system by investing in its modernization. Data ...

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 ...

States, cities, and universities can form and fund Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence (Global EIR) programs to retain immigrant founders building companies locally. Global EIR programs can provide ...

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, cities seemed to be facing an existential crisis as fears of the virus and the sudden prevalence of remote work drove a rapid outmigration to suburbs, ...