Illinois: Mid-America Port Receives State Support for Intermodal

The Mid-America Intermodal Port in Quincy, Ill., is one step closer to reality after the recent announcement by Governor Pat Quinn of an investment of up to $1.3 million from the Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program. The investment will help complete the planning and design phase for…

Learn about Sasol's $8 Billion Project in Louisiana

Sasol Ltd., a South African petrochemical company, recently announced its final investment decision to develop an $8.1 billion petrochemical complex consisting of an ethane cracker and six chemical manufacturing plants near its existing Westlake, La., facilities.

The ethane cracker is one of two projects announced in December 2012 during…

New Web Portal, downtown.vegas, Debuts

Caption: Co-working hub, Work in Progress, in Downtown Las Vegas

Downtown.vegas is a new website created by the city’s Economic and Urban Development Department; it is designed to be a digital portal for downtown-centric details.

What viewers may notice first is that it is not…

Infographic: Top Dangers Preventing Businesses From Succeeding

What’s Keeping You Up at Night?” explores three obstacles businesses frequently face that likely impact success – time, team and money.

“One of the reasons certain issues are chronic for many business owners is that they don’t know how to identify the root cause of the problem,” says Terry…

Louisiana's Business Climate Ranks Among Top 10

Yesterday, the national location marketing firm DCI ranked Louisiana’s business climate tied for No. 10 in the United States – a gain of 20 spots since 2011 – while also ranking Louisiana Economic Development tied for No. 2 in the United States for best-performing state economic development agency. The rankings…