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 ...

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 ...

The COVID-19 crisis plunged the U.S. economy into its quickest and deepest economic recession in modern U.S. history. In the near-term, how and when the country gets out of the disaster will primarily ...

The H-1B visa is the primary pathway for skilled immigrants to come work in the United States. While much is known about how individuals on those visas affect innovation and the firms they work for, ...

No state has suffered as dramatic a reversal of economic fortune in recent years as New York. The pandemic accelerated a decade-long decline that saw the state relinquish a quarter-century’s worth of ...