Economic development is important to many communities to increase jobs and long-term revenue growth. Local governments can encourage economic development and growth through a variety of tools, such as ...

Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

Providing incentives to companies to create jobs has become a false panacea in the economic development world, and proponents often fail to acknowledge the strategy’s downsides. U.S. President Donald ...

The Kane County Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit that will coordinate economic efforts across the county, is officially operational, officials announced. On Oct. 8, the Kane County Board ...