Company news covered through what follows it: site openings and closures, relocation, mass layoff notices, acquisitions and capital commitments, with headcount and location detail where filed. Entries name the communities involved. Read by workforce boards, economic development officers, investors and reporters covering regional economies.
Factory announcements dominate the headlines, but manufacturing construction spending has hit records, and the workers building the plants outnumber the ones running them, for now.
Jay Douglas · February 4, 2026
The NFIB's monthly survey is the most quoted temperature check on Main Street, and its swings after the 2024 election show why the details matter more than the headline.
Jay Douglas · January 13, 2026