Our latest Economic Pulse check-in is a closer look at the long-term effects of fires on local economies. Our eyes alone tell us a lot about what the terrible California wildfires are doing to ...

Vendors speak to job applicants during an annual job fair at Madera Community College on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. About 40 companies, government agencies, and organizations were on hand recruit ...

We’re likely at the beginning of a decade-long talent drought. It’s being driven by demographic trends (like falling birth rates) and cannot be solved by competing in the same local talent pool, which ...

CITY HALL — If lowering unemployment, increasing economic activity and cutting down on traffic in the city sound like attractive goals, City Hall’s newest project may have some appeal. Andy Agle, ...