How are manufacturers developing a workforce for a fast-changing industry in a fast-changing decade? Recently, Manufacturing Institute President Carolyn Lee sat down with leaders at Union Pacific Railroad and the Caterpillar Foundation to find out. (NAM)

In The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index, Rapid City, S.D., metro area ranks No. 1 for quarter. (WSJ)

On a breezy February evening in Savannah, Gov. Brian Kemp and several of his top aides were nursing cold beers and munching on warm pizza from Vinnie Van Gogo’s when they were summoned outside for an abrupt meeting. They had arrived a night early to show Hyundai Motor Chairman Euisun Chung a tract of state-owned land on Interstate 16. The roughly 3,000-acre property represented the largest undeveloped site in Georgia with direct access to highways, rail lines and just 30 minutes from the port. (ajc)

In his prime, Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, loved to fly. In the 1970s and 1980s, before anyone could stare at satellite pictures on Google Maps, he would take a Cessna 414 and bank over towns, trying to judge where to open new stores. (The Economist)

Local officials try to woo other manufacturers with infrastructure improvements that remain on Foxconn’s tab. (WSJ)

he COVID-19 pandemic has led companies around the world to reassess their real estate—how much of it to have, how to use it, and how much to spend on it. (McKinsey & Company)

Volkswagen Group plans to build electric pickups and SUVs under the Scout brand at a new production site in the United States. The announcement was made by CEO Herbert Diess yesterday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Reuters reports. The executive acknowledged that VW is assessing "brownfield sites and some greenfield locations." (InsideEVs)

Amazon.com Inc., stuck with too much warehouse capacity now that the surge in pandemic-era shopping has faded, is looking to sublet at least 10 million square feet of space and could vacate even more by ending leases with landlords, according to people familiar with the situation. (Bloomberg)

The supply-chain crisis that has clogged the US logistics network has made the country’s two largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach the least efficient trade hubs for handling containers worldwide, a new report showed. (Bloomberg)

As millions of electric cars roll off assembly lines, we’ll soon need a way to deal with millions of worn-out electric car batteries. (BostonGlobe.com)

Dallas officials have approved $5.2 million in economic incentives to keep Neiman Marcus from pulling up stakes in its hometown — but the luxury chain isn’t yet committing, saying it’s shifting to a remote-work strategy that’s less reliant on a corporate headquarters. (New York Post)

A significant number of workers in Virginia are still working from home. And, that’s creating challenges and opportunities for local governments. (WVTF)

California continues to have the highest gasoline prices in the U.S.—now $6.07 a gallon on average—while Oklahoma has the lowest—$4.09 a gallon, according to a report by the American Automobile Association. As of May 26, the national average price per gallon was $4.60, compared with $3.35 per gallon one year ago, AAA said.  (Route Fifty)

Over the past year or so, automakers have been committing billions of dollars to beefing up their production of batteries. Ford is building a plant in Kentucky. General Motors is working with appliance maker LG to develop a battery factory in Michigan. (Marketplace)

Congress should pass bipartisan competitiveness and innovation legislation that 1) provides $52 billion in funding for the CHIPS Act and 2) enacts a FABS Act investment tax credit for semiconductor manufacturing and design. (cleveland)

U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it is investing $770 million to help create new and better market opportunities for rural businesses and people in 36 states and Puerto Rico. The investments include $640 million for 122 projects to help people living in socially vulnerable communities. (USDA)

EPA announces 265 communities to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice (US EPA)