Unemployment may still be too high and investment and job growth stagnant across the U.S., but not every state has accepted these economic conditions as the new normal. Which ones are experiencing the best economic recovery, and what are their strategies for success?

Categories: Job Creation
Tagged: California, economic growth, Entrepreneurship, global marketplace, industry clusters, Louisiana, Michigan, STEM education, Texas, Wyoming,

The annual Best Cities for Job Growth rankings has demographer Joel Kotkin channeling his inner John Mellencamp.

Categories: Job Creation, Research
Tagged: job growth, Joel Kotkin, Kansas, Quality of Place, Texas, Wyoming,

Big-name technology companies Google and Microsoft, tire giant Michelin and major durable goods manufacturer Whirlpool top the week’s site selection and job creation announcements.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Google, Kansas, Michelin, Microsoft, South Carolina manufacturing, Tennessee, Wyoming,

As it did in 2011, Wyoming tops the 2012 State Business Climate Tax Index as assembled by the Tax Foundation, a tax research organization based in Washington D.C.

Categories: Research
Tagged: Job creation, State Business Climate Tax Index, tax climate, Tax Foundation, tax index, Texas economy, Wyoming, Wyoming economy,

Petrobras is investing $11 million to adapt KL Energy’s test plant in Upton, Wyo., to make cellulosic fuel from sugar cane.

Categories: Deals, Sustainability
Tagged: Alternative fuels, Cellulosic energy, KL Energy, Petrobas, Wyoming, Wyoming energy,