Civic Development News and Data

Small businesses in Western North Carolina have received a $55 million boost through a statewide initiative backed by the Dogwood Health Trust, the Duke Endowment, and state funds. Distributed to 2,182 businesses, the funding aims to help local enterprises recover,...

Micron Technology plans to invest $200 billion in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, expanding facilities in Idaho, New York, and Virginia to boost domestic chip production. The Commerce Department framed the move as part of the Trump administration’s broader push to...

Blue-collar workers have seen nearly 2% real wage growth in the first five months of Trump’s second term, the largest increase in the past 60 years, according to Treasury data. The 1.7% gain marks a sharp contrast to the 1.7% wage drop under Biden in the same period....

Maryland’s deep reliance on federal spending has left its economy vulnerable as the Trump Administration moves to shrink the federal workforce, a new report from the comptroller’s office and the University of Maryland warns. The state, home to the third-most federal...

Tariffs at levels unseen since the 1930s are expected to drag U.S. economic growth down to 1.3% this year, according to a NABE survey. Seventy-eight percent of economists see import duties as the top economic risk, followed by concerns over geopolitical conflicts...