The facilities can spur regional economic growth but increase electricity bills as well as carbon emissions.
Meghan Irby mapped her routes the old-fashioned way before navigation software was a thing. Her boss “used chickens as a landmark.”
Last year, the world set a Space Age record by launching more than 180 rockets into orbit. And every launch pumps money into local coffers.
A “Career Day” draws thousands, but Arlington residents are learning the 25,000 promised jobs will be filled over 10 to 12 years.
Bucky Culbertson's career has followed the booms and busts of Wise County, up to his current job fighting the opioid epidemic.
One in 10 renters in Richmond, Virginia lose their homes to eviction every year
While companies like Amazon get tax breaks and other perks to set up operations, local communities are pushing their own agendas as well.
What cities learn from competing can be a win.
Campaigns entered the final stretch with record amounts of cash, but must strike a delicate balance of how much to spend in order to win.
It takes money to run a campaign and first-time candidates have to learn how to ask for it.
