West Virginia

Now Is the Time for Technology-Based Economic Development
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
TechConnect West Virginia and the Chemical Alliance Zone, along with ... with the manufacturing facilities that line the Ohio River, West Virginia has ...

Ferns: W.Va. must overhaul tax base
The Daily Times
As the newly appointed majority leader for the West Virginia Senate, Ferns ... As a member of the tax reform committee, Ferns said lawmakers have ...

Capito announces committee assignments
The Inter-Mountain
... for policies that protect vital West Virginia energy and manufacturing jobs and encourage investment in West Virginia's highway infrastructure.

U.S. Manufacturers Brace For Trump's Next Trade Targets
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
President-elect Donald Trump tours the Carrier Corp. in Indianapolis following the company's announcement it would keep hundreds of manufacturing ...

Hoppy Kercheval: West Virginia needs the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (Daily Mail)
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
Additionally, the pipeline would boost natural gas production in West Virginia, creating jobs, demand for products and services by suppliers, payroll ...

Commerce appointee says education is key for southern W.Va. workforce development
Beckley Register-Herald
Thrasher told The Register-Herald that infrastructure will be major considerations for development in southern counties, due to topographical ...

United States

ACC Welcomes House Passage of REINS Act and Midnight Rules Relief Act
American Chemistry Council
WASHINGTON (January 10, 2017) – The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the ...

Fiat Chrysler announces $1 billion investment in US manufacturing, 2000 newjobs
Fox News
Fiat Chrysler said Sunday it would spend $1 billion on U.S. manufacturing, including modernizing plants in Michigan and Ohio, in a move that's set to ...

Oil prices dip on North American recovery
UPI.com
Last week, the American Petroleum Institute said it continued to see pressure on the nation's energy sector, a sentiment confirmed a Oklahoma State ...

December jobs report marks end to Obama economy
WDTV
It's the final jobs report to come while President Obama is still in office. ... In December, America added 17,000 manufacturing jobs but for the year ...

'Just the beginning': Trump may disrupt 20-year boom for Mexico auto industry
The Guardian
Barbed wire surrounds the site of a canceled Ford auto manufacturing plant outside San Luís Potosí, Mexico, Wednesday. Photograph: Rebecca ...