As federal policymakers seek to strengthen national competitiveness in key strategic sectors and technologies, they are increasingly recognizing that locally led solutions are a critical path for ...

State intervention has made a comeback. States have, in one way or another, always intervened in markets to develop specific industries and push innovation. But there has been a renaissance since the ...

Since assuming office, the Donald Trump administration has announced wide-ranging tariffs to bolster U.S. economic and national security. Most recently, President Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on ...

Economic development policy encompasses the set of strategic interventions by governments and international organisations aimed at raising living standards, reducing poverty and ensuring sustainable ...

Economists have developed three competing explanations or theories to explain differences in economic growth between regions. Over the past several decades, economic development policy in Indiana has ...

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Lansing — Some of Michigan's largest businesses have quietly helped finance Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's foreign trade missions while reaping billions of dollars in incentives and other ...

The clock is ticking for Michigan lawmakers to deliver on their deal with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to send new economic development policies her way before the end of the year. As part of their budget ...

The Louisiana Department of Economic Development is getting a makeover after Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday signed into law a measure that makes major changes to the state’s economic development arm. The ...