West Virginia

P&G's plan for $500M plant survives water fight between states
Cincinnati Business Courier
Procter & Gamble Co.'s construction of a $500 million manufacturing plant in West Virginia won't be affected by a dispute over water rights between ...

West Virginia needs the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
West Virginia MetroNews
West Virginia is sitting on top of nearly unimaginable amounts of natural gas. ... However, there's enough natural gas for both domestic production and ...

Idled coal mining equipment tax change could hurt government budgets
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
The director of West Virginia's Property Tax Division decreased the ... on Tax Reform that tax officials were working with the West Virginia Coal ...

United States

Chief of American Petroleum Institute hopes Trump administration will favor oil, gas
Greeley Tribune
API is the only national trade association representing all facets of the oil and natural gas industry, which supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent ...

Ford Cancels Mexican Plant but Is Still Moving Small Car Production
Valley News Live
(NBC NEWS) Ford Motor Co. announced Tuesday it has scrubbed plans to build a new $1.6 billion assembly plant in Mexico, a project that had been ...

Kentucky offers local workforce grants totaling $2 million
The Lane Report
Kentucky offers local workforce grants totaling $2 million ... making $2 million available to local workforce development boards for three types of grants ...

US manufacturing growth picks up in December: ISM
Moneycontrol.com
The ISM manufacturing index rose 1.5 points from November to 54.7 per cent, ... Economist Joel Naroff said, "It appears that President Obama will be ...

Solving the Workforce Struggle
Advanced Manufacturing
The manufacturing workforce has long been the linchpin for the prosperity of our ... In order for the current and future workforce to flourish, industry, ... companies who value their current workforce and want to help develop the next.

State Sen. Ryan Ferns: West Virginia Must Overhaul State Tax Base
Wheeling Intelligencer
Ryan Ferns: West Virginia Must Overhaul State Tax Base ... As a member of the tax reform committee, Ferns said lawmakers have brought in national ...

US car makers face showdown with Trump
USA TODAY
Q: Does moving production back to the U.S. lead to higher costs for automakers? Yes. Labor costs for automotive assembly are 80% lower in Mexico ...

'China needs manufacturing upgrade amid challenges from India' : Chinese media
The Indian Express
As US President-elect Donald Trump pledges to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US and China's competitors seem to be further expanding as an ...

US manufacturing, construction sectors shine as year ended
Reuters
U.S. manufacturing, construction sectors shine as year ended ... It appears that President (Barack) Obama will be leaving his successor with a pretty ...

Is Apple, Inc. Subtly Pushing Back on U.S. Manufacturing?
Fox Business
... time in the past decade, the political pressure is on for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to bring back at least some of its manufacturing jobs from overseas.