He may be the President-elect, but by trade, Donald Trump is a billionaire businessman and developer. Most believe it was his business acumen that resulted in his successful campaign for the presidency. And while some of his campaign promises were a little unconventional – a wall between the U.S. and Mexico strong enough to stop […]
Another national organization of U.S public officials has added its name to a growing list of supporters seeking congressional reauthorization of the country’s EB-5 Regional Center Program. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) recently adopted a resolution that calls on Congress not only to reauthorize the economic development program created in 1990, but to […]
Approximately 740 million airline passengers are expected to be screened this year by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). And the agency will screen those passengers with 12 percent fewer employees. The end results are increasingly long airport security lines and a growing number of complaints from air travelers who say they missed their flights as […]
As the United States faces estimates of $3.4 billion in infrastructure needs through 2020, the nation’s public schools, airports, water treatment plants, highways and bridges and other structures and facilities continue to be shortchanged. State and local infrastructure spending is at its lowest in three decades, and the federal investment in infrastructure has dropped by […]
A population increase of 70 million is expected in the United States over the next three decades. As the population continues to grow, so does the nation’s infrastructure deficit. The strains are already being felt nationwide. Government officials at all levels and in all jurisdictions are being forced to make difficult choices about where to […]
At a time when budgets are stretched thin, funding for social programs is available to local governmental entities through a new and innovative program. The new funding comes from a Social Innovation Fund and monetary awards are based on successful accomplishment of pre-determined social outcomes. According to a report from the Social Innovation Research Center, […]