Gov. Bob McDonnell has appointed Mary Rae Carter of Henry County as the state's first Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade for Rural Economic Development. Here's the full release from the governor's ...

Picture the scene: It’s a ribbon cutting in a small town for a new business incubator that has opened in a formerly vacant storefront. There are speeches, balloons, lots of smiles, and a feeling of ...

In far away, rural communities like Humboldt, we learn to be innovative, collaborative, and resilient. No one is coming to bail us out, so we learn to work together, adapt, and survive. The ...

The Nebraska State Capitol building as seen on the opening day of the Nebraska legislative session, in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. AP Photo/Nati Harnik As the 109th Nebraska Legislature is ...

Local agriculture leaders, along with the United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden, discussed ...

Sen. Mike Braun and Jennifer McCormick have put economic growth at the center of their campaigns for governor, with a focus on rural economic development. Indiana’s economy barely grew in the first ...

The South Carolina Department of Commerce released its 2025 industry recruitment results Wednesday noting the highest ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University is now part of North Carolina Commerce’s Rural Community Capacity (RC2) program. The program provides professional development training for leaders of local ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Representatives with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond have their focus on increasing economic development in the Mountain State. Baltimore Branch Vice President Andy Bauer took ...

South Carolina announced $9.12 billion in capital investment and more than 8,100 new jobs in 2025, marking the state’s ...

The Braun administration has published a rural economic development plan for Indiana. It looks a lot like plans offered by GOP and Democratic governors over the past 75 years. Indeed, the only element ...