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awards

Trade & Industry Development Honors 2025 CiCi Award Winners

Trade & Industry Development, a leading publication dedicated to site selection for businesses, has announced the winners of its 2025 Corporate Invest...

small business

Alignable Survey: 55% of Small Biz Owners Say Their Income is Half What It Was Last Year

A new report from Alignable, North America’s largest network for small business owners, reveals that 45% of entrepreneurs say their networking is open...

workforce

KS: Governor Announces $2.3M for Digital Skills Programs to Drive Workforce Readiness

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced recently a $2.3 million investment in digital skills training and workforce readiness programs that will target near...

energy

Department of Interior Expands Investment in Coal Country to Fuel Jobs and Economic Growth

The Department of the Interior announced the availability of $130 million in fiscal year 2025 funding through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revital...

business

LA: Study Says Super Bowl LIX Brought Massive $1.25 Billion Economic Impact to Louisiana

A newly released study from Louisiana State University’s E.J. Ourso College of Business found Super Bowl LIX generated $1.25 billion in total economic...

retail

NRF Survey Says Father’s Day Spending to Reach Record $24 Billion

Father’s Day spending is expected to reach a record $24 billion this year, according to the annual survey released last week by the National Retail Fe...

construction

SC: RIA Awards Construction, Planning Grants to Upgrade Infrastructure in S.C.

The S.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved grant assistance for 27 projects, totaling approximately $26 million, to address critical i...

quality of life

Summer Spending Squeeze: Survey Says Americans Weigh Fun Against Financial Stress

According to a new study conducted by Intuit Credit Karma, about one-third of Americans (34%) expect to spend less on non-essentials this summer, comp...

workforce

New Coalition with States and Industry to Champion Apprenticeships for Young People

CareerWise and the AFT, alongside a broad coalition of partners, announced the launch of the Education and Apprenticeship Accelerator, a groundbreakin...

technology

New Report: $80.6 Billion Annual Loss Due to Communications Breakdowns, Underinvestment

Unily, the leading enterprise Employee Experience Platform, unveiled its latest research report, Disconnected and Disengaged: The Economic Cost of Fro...