In many ways, these are communities where the American Dream is still alive. Take Le Mars, Iowa. Dubbed the ice cream ...

What our data shows is that many small town and rural communities are finally enjoying some wind in their sails to support revitalization efforts, as population growth in the nation’s least populous ...

On September 24, 2026, the Economic Innovation Group submitted a comment letter to the Department of Homeland Security in response to its proposed rule, Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions. The letter ...

Fresh off of a federal court vacating the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee, the Department of Homeland Security is considering whether to resurrect the exact same tool to use against an even ...

Just in time to inform governors’ work nominating the next round of Opportunity Zone (OZ) census tracts this summer, the Treasury Department has released new data reporting that federal OZ tax ...

How many firms are using Artificial Intelligence? What are they using it for? How many workers are using AI, and how are they using it? To track and understand the effects of AI on the economy, ...

Do H-1B visa holders earn more or less than Americans? There are two different ways to answer this. If we compare H-1B holders to the average native-born worker, the answer is unequivocal that the ...

From national security, to productivity growth and innovation, to qualitative ideas of what a "good job" is, manufacturing holds a special place in the minds of policymakers. Because the sector ...

The 2025 Reconciliation Act, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), calls on governors to act in summer 2026 by nominating one-quarter of their low-income census tracts for Opportunity ...

Zoning reform has historically been treated as a matter for state and local authorities alone. Under the constitutional framework established by the Tenth Amendment and the 1926 Supreme Court case ...

Welcome to the Distressed Communities Index (DCI). Your interactive guide to the wellbeing of American communities.

Recent tremors in the labor market are being pinned on Artificial Intelligence. A cooling job market for technology workers, for example, is taken as evidence of AI-induced job loss. So is the rising ...