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MS: Mississippi Beats Fiscal Year 2023 Revenue Expectations by Nearly $700 Million

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced that Mississippi revenue collections exceeded expectations by $699,647,493 in Fiscal Year 2023. In total, Missi...

jobs

Survey Says Hybrid/Mixed Work Still Unusual, But Increasingly Common in 2021

The share of U.S. jobs worked on-site dropped roughly 10 percentage points from 84% in 2019 to 74% in 2021, the first full year of the pandemic, accor...

bio tech

NC: Merck, NC A&T to Establish Biotech Training Center at Gateway Research Park

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Merck announced a collaboration agreement today for Merck to build a biotechnology trai...

workforce

KS: Governor Kelly Signs Kansas Apprenticeship Act to Build Skilled Workforce Throughout State

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly ceremonially signed House Bill 2292, bipartisan legislation that promotes and expands apprenticeships with businesses, healthc...

ports

Ports Awarded $40 Million from U.S. Dept. of Transportation for Infrastructure Improvements

Ports received nearly $40 million in federal dollars from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) in the FY2023 round of funding from the Rebuildi...

business

MN: DEED Awards $3.5 Million in Contamination Cleanup Grants, Will Create 519 Community Jobs

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced nearly $3.6 million in total grant awards to help six communities pay...

workforce

Administration Invests $60 Million to Create a Climate-Ready Workforce

The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) opened a competitive funding opportunity for the Climate Ready Wor...

business

NM: 13 Diverse Communities in New Mexico Receive Grants to Attract and Grow Businesses

Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced that 13 communities across the state will receive grants for projects desi...

technology

Administration Outlines Plan to Strengthen Semiconductor Supply Chains

The U.S. Department of Commerce shared the Biden-Harris Administration’s strategic vision to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain through CHIPS f...

equipment

Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Ticks Up in June

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) has released the June 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MC...