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Akron is among eight American cities awarded a national grant this month to tackle economic disparities that experts say widened along racial lines during the pandemic. The National League of . . .

WASHINGTON, D. C. - In addition to touting the “dignity of work” on the campaign trail, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown spends some of his summers touting the dignity of manufacturing . . .

There are strong signs that the economy in Northeast Ohio as well as the rest of the United States is recovering from the damage of the COVID-19 pandemic. And those . . .

At the April meeting of the Governor’s Executive Workforce Board, Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon A. Husted challenged us to extend In-Demand Jobs Week (running through Friday) to In-Demand Jobs Year. Why? . . .

Count Ashlea Hyde among the Akron Children's Hospital employees who got a larger paycheck when the hospital in late 2019 boosted its minimum pay rate to $15 an hour. Hyde currently . . .

Funding supports collaboration between businesses, education & training providers Lt. Governor Jon Husted, in his capacity as Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, today announced that 12 workforce . . .

The pandemic has had an impact on just about every aspect of business, including workforce development. Crain's wanted to gain some insight on how this year has been for those . . .

DOWNTOWN AKRON — During the Nov. 30 virtual meeting of the Akron Public Schools (APS) Board of Education, board members approved the College & Career Academies (CCA) Middle School Master . . .

No one thinks of Northeast Ohio as a tech center comparable to the likes of Seattle or Silicon Valley, but as manufacturing jobs severely contracted in the early 2000s, the . . .

Last week, the Greater Akron Chamber, like many other companies and organizations, published a statement on economic inclusion. While we know it is important to tell the community where we . . .