Reporting at the scale of a town or district, where one employer can determine a tax base, a school budget and a housing market. Coverage follows arrivals, closures, incentive deals and the years afterward. Read by local officials, economic development staff, planners and residents facing similar decisions.
A third of American newspapers have closed since 2005, and the research documents what counties lose besides coverage: civic information, cheaper borrowing, and honest government.
Hana Kimura · June 12, 2026
Credit unions and CDFIs hold a small share of U.S. assets but a documented outsized share of the lending banks decline, from used cars to small-business survival.
Hana Kimura · May 20, 2026
Coal and gas plants sit on tax rolls worth hundreds of millions, and their retirements document what happens to districts that treated one facility as a fiscal base.
Hana Kimura · April 27, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of brownfield sites sit in the towns industry left, and the documented redevelopment math finally works where liability and funding align.
Jay Douglas · April 5, 2026
Billions in federal money are finally wiring rural America, and the documented early returns show what changes when the county gets real upload speeds.
Hana Kimura · March 13, 2026