Coming in the June issue of Business Xpansion Journal!

We are excited to bring you the “The Promise of Brand America,” an article exclusive that poses the questions: are your employees achieving the American dream?; and is that promise uniformly achievable across the USA?
 The Burghard Group executed a market research study among business executives to better understand the…

National Archives Go Underground

Interior of SubTropolis.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which oversees the management of all federal records, is now operating in 102,000 square feet of record storage and office space in SubTropolis, the world’s largest underground business complex, located in Kansas City, Mo.
This new facility combines…

Georgia Revamps Tourism Development Act

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law House Bill 318, which changes procedures in the Georgia Tourism Development Act.  He signed the bill in a ceremony at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The bill allows sales tax exemptions for 10 years for approved projects to stimulate the creation of tourism…

How are States Promoting Small Business Development?

A study commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation finds that states are using new and innovative policies to support small businesses in a diverse, rapidly changing business environment.  Enterprising States, which was prepared by the Praxis Strategy Group, says that although small businesses are leading the recovery…

State Business Climate Rankings: No Policy Value

Correction from Good Jobs First:

As originally issued on May 1, this report stated that the Beacon Hill Institute’s State Competitiveness Index used fabricated data. This assertion drew from a misunderstanding on our part that arose over the decision by BHI to include only some of the variables in…