Talent shortages, financing volatility, and supply chain shifts define the life sciences outlook.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
Automation and policy incentives could reshape the future of American textile production.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
With federal action slowing and market forces accelerating, private firms are finding that the most effective policy responses—on issues like energy, housing, and workforce—are coming from state and local governments with the agility to act.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
Companies face growing challenges as tariffs, political shifts, and trade policies disrupt location strategies.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
Rising wages, grid strain, and policy shifts are changing the calculus for manufacturers in North America.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
States and cities have tied incentives to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals — such as subcontracting targets or workforce composition — but a new executive order from the Trump administration and related lawsuits are raising the legal stakes. That raises new questions about what’s lawful and what’s not when it comes to DEI, affirmative action, and the use of contracting targets — and how that may impact your next location decision.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
How companies can adapt to evolving utility policies, secure reliable power, and mitigate risks in a shifting electric landscape.| Area Development
Energy, tariffs, and trade are going to be a moving target in the coming months.| Area Development
Four Key Considerations for Building Strong Relationships with Local Governments in Industrial Development.| Area Development