Economic Prosperity

A sector impacting more than a third of the workforce is hobbled by lagging municipal regulations. What can change?

The presidential candidate may not have done well in early primaries, but one of his immigration ideas has bipartisan support.

Businesses owned by employees are rare in the U.S.; some governments are trying to change that.

Today, cities try to attract jobs. Tomorrow? They'll attract -- and, increasingly, develop their own -- talent.

A report on how cities can improve economic development efforts swings for the fences; unfortunately, it's more of a foul...

Many cities are not experiencing rapid growth despite offering some of the highest wages and best career opportunities in the...

The Charles Schwab/TD Ameritrade merger shows how jobs and corporate revenue, like water, flow to the point of least resistance.

City leaders didn't offer any money to bring the NFL's Rams back to Los Angeles; Kansas City and St. Louis...

It's been years since the Pentagon went through a big round of base closures. But it may happen again, and...

Haven't heard of as-of-right zoning? You're not alone. But in most cities, it's the guiding hand for virtually all development....