West Virginia’s Bumpy Road Back

By David Hodes

West Virginia’s officials want to keep building on the state’s energy legacy — but step things up economically and embrace new businesses that could help the state break out of a cycle of stalled growth.
West Virginia Secretary of Commerce Keith Burdette says that the state…

Virginia’s History Pulling It into the Future

“Our New Virginia Economy is providing Virginia the foundation to do for the U.S. what it did in the past for the U.S. — we were founded as a for-profit venture capital company in 1607,” says Liz Povar, vice president of business expansion at the Virginia Economic Development…

New Initiatives Diversify Texas’ Industry

By Rachel Hamilton

“There are several things that keep Texas on the forefront of economic development” says Tracye McDaniel, president and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Corp.; these include Gov. Greg Abbott’s creation of the University Research Initiative in early June; the $8 billion initiative allows institutions to…

South Carolina: Driving Development to Create Jobs

By David Hodes

This relatively small, unassuming state has excess capacity for faster and stronger economic development these days — and want to let the world know that they getting back to work in a big way.
W. Ford Graham, director of international investment for the South Carolina Department of Commerce…

Pennsylvania's Cooperative Environment

By Rachel Hamilton

Officials in Pennsylvania are attempting to lower the state’s corporate income tax rate, says Dennis M. Davin, acting secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development. The proposed rate change, if passed, would take the corporate income tax rate from 9.99 percent to 4…