Cross' Mills Public Library in March, at the start of the pandemic. Despite closing more than once in the last year, the library has maintained a robust slate of offerings, both virtual and in-person.

Many local governments are hurting financially as they fight back from the devastating effects of the coronavirus. It will take ingenuity, collaboration across departmental lines and cooperation from ...

Preliminary labor market survey data say local hiring is up, but the region’s job growth in the first half of 2025 trailed behind most of Ohio’s other urban areas. The Dayton economy added 600 new ...

For the fourth quarter of 2024, we highlight significant new employer obligations in 18 states. We highlight new state and local employment laws impacting the workplace, including new and updated paid ...

Local employment conditions appear to be holding up better than expected given federal-government cutbacks and their ripple effects across the broader economy. “Is the situation as dire as we were ...

As the American economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, declines in employment in state and local governments threaten the delivery of crucial services and the economic security of workers, ...

It’s been almost 10 years since the end of the Great Recession, and many local communities around the country still need more economic investment and job creation. Instead of waiting for outside ...

Students are often reminded that a degree is “not enough”, and that they will also need “employability skills” – a complex combination of personal attributes, discipline-specific knowledge and generic ...

Domestic trade patterns are shifting. As supply chains reroute and industries reshore, the geography of jobs is being redrawn in real time. This has massive implications—not just for where work ...