Michigan is once again at a crossroads on economic development policy. Only three years after its creation, the SOAR program — intended to provide large cash grants to attract major factories — has ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (WCIA) — On Wednesday, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois DCEO announced an additional $10 million in funding for the Job Training and Economic Development (JTED) Program. Pritzker ...

Tax incentives are one of the most controversial tools in the economic development tool kit. Proponents, including economic development officials, business leaders, developers and industry executives, ...

Lansing — The Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s flagship job-attraction initiative is fading away after the Legislature and governor stopped a final $500 million transfer to the program and ...

Michigan Senate Republicans have introduced a bill package to eliminate the state’s economic development agency and other business incentives programs. State Sen. Thomas Albert, R-Lowell, who is ...