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Workforce Development: Reimagining and Modernizing How To Connect Workers With Good Jobs A reimagining of the U.S. workforce development system presents policymakers with a crucial opportunity to ...

Washington, D.C. — Against the backdrop of a fluctuating labor market over the past few years, and facing high demand in critical sectors, state-level policymakers are exhibiting renewed interest in ...

New research from the Project on Workforce and the National Governors Association highlights how Governors are leveraging new industrial policy opportunities to strengthen workforce development and ...

Japanese firms remain deeply committed to the U.S. market, which continues to be Japan’s most important investment destination. Recent high-profile announcements of Japanese investments in the U.S. by ...

Despite anxieties over how AI will make some jobs obsolete, a Tech Nebraska panel sees an opportunity to grow the tech and tech-supporting workforce. But doing so will require business-friendly ...