While continued growth in population and jobs help Will County stand out as an economic hub in Illinois, the leader of an economic development group said Thursday the lack of diverse housing ...

WINTERVILLE — Pitt Community College has formed a new division focused on the needs of local business and industry and hired Uconda Dunn, an economic and workforce development professional with more ...

Economic development is important to many communities to increase jobs and long-term revenue growth. Local governments can encourage economic development and growth through a variety of tools, such as ...

Economic development activities can deliver broad value to communities, driving business growth, attracting investment and creating a foundation for prosperity, a point reinforced by the results of a ...

In August, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) released Open for Business: Illinois’ 2024 Economic Growth Plan. This five-year roadmap outlines ...

T he International Economic Development Council (IEDC) has announced the winners of its 2024 Excellence in Economic Development Awards. The winning projects and organizations were selected by an ...

The Republican majority in the House of Delegates gathered a month prior to the regular legislative session to lay out priorities, especially in policies aimed at economic growth. House Speaker Roger ...

More than half of the living US recipients of the Nobel Prize for economics signed a letter that called Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic agenda “vastly superior” to the plans laid out by former ...

The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) has been hit hard by two shocks, just a few years apart. The first shock in 2015–16 was triggered by a sharp decline in oil prices—CEMAC’s ...