With talent in short supply and the nation’s workforce more mobile than ever, companies are seeking to locate in places where workers want to live. That makes quality of life an economic issue. And state economic development organizations are leaning into that as they pitch their states to business. “Connecticut …
Robert A.G. Monks, a lawyer and businessman from a prominent Massachusetts family who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate three times but found a calling in his 40s as an influential defender of shareholder rights, died on April 29 at his home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He was 91. The …
This article is part of our Museums special section about how artists and institutions are adapting to changing times. “Welcome to the laboratory!” That’s how the artist Ann Craven, 58, greeted me when we met in the stairwell of her archive in Harlem. The space looked like a mausoleum: rows …
A BNSF freight train with 76 container cars and FedEx freight trailers travels from Seattle to points east on August 23, 2021 in Livingston, Montana. (Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images) William Campbell | Getty Images News | Getty Images According to President Donald Trump, the sweeping U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico are coming. The …
In this mobile world, we have more choices than ever about where to live. Companies in search of skilled workers know this, especially when there are far more open positions than there are workers available to fill them. That is why they consider quality of life when deciding where to …