David Shideler and Jonas Crews
The U.S. posted 5.8 million¹ unemployment insurance (UI) claims being filed during the week ending March 28, breaking last week’s record for UI initial claims filed in a given week.

Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Louisiana will bear some of the most severe impact from COVID-19, as oil and gas operations suffer

Using the ‘r’ word, Hegar sees no avoiding a recession and predicts the state’s recovery will be slow

Dave Shideler
The Heartland is home to a significant portion of the United State’s airlines and aerospace manufacturing. Given the huge drop-off in airline travel and the significant role that travel, tourism, airlines, and aerospace manufacturing play in the Heartland's economy, we wanted to dive into this area further.

Dave Shideler and Jonas Crews
The economic slowdown resulting from the coronavirus outbreak has led to massive increases in new unemployment insurance claims

Ross DeVol
How COVID-19 will impact communities in the Heartland and beyond, and how policymakers can respond

Richard Florida and Steven Pedigo
No pandemic or plague or natural disaster has killed off “the city,” or humanity’s need to live and work in urban clusters.

Ross DeVol
While Heartland states like Iowa have been labeled "flyover country," there is new evidence that young people — our economic engines of the future — are choosing to settle in cities likes Des Moines instead of fleeing for the coasts.

JOEL KOTKIN and MARSHALL TOPLANSKY
By late spring, the most severe impacts from the coronavirus may be fading, but its impact on how we live and work will not go away.

Dave Shideler and Jonas Crews
Recent federal changes to the unemployment insurance (UI) program authorized employee eligibility under certain conditions related to COVID-19

Heartland Forward Senior Fellow Joel Kotkin and his contributors address a fundamental topic for future economic success in the Heartland

Economist Minoli Ratnatunga Joins The "Think And Do" Tank To Conduct Research On Economic Performance In The Heartland

Heartland Forward announced today that Angie Cooper will lead the mission and operations of Heartland Summit, the think and do tank’s annual event in Bentonville, Ark. The Heartland Summit showcases innovation between the coasts, sparks honest conversations about the challenges of the region, ignites systems for sustained economic growth and inspires problem-solving in the heart of the country.

Ross DeVol -- “It’s not small firms that create growth, its young firms that scale up,” he said. “It’s important to innovate and create new firms because eventually your anchor firms are not going to be as dominant.” Young entrepreneurs matter.

In Northwest Arkansas, the tour will partner with the Heartland Summit, an annual gathering to kick start economic growth in the middle of the country. In St. Louis, following a day focused on agricultural innovation, the pitch competition will feature AgTech startups from across the country pitching for the Rise of the Rest Seed Fund investment.

Insightful analysis about the growth of the high-tech innovation sector and the need to position more Heartland metro areas as tech centers

He was living in Los Angeles at the time and working in a high-profile, internationally recognized position. The offer to join a new, untested "think and do tank" in Arkansas might not have appealed to some people, but to DeVol, it was all but irresistible.

Ross DeVol gives keynote at the CPEX Smart Growth Summit in Baton Rouge

Author, Richard Florida is a senior Fellow at Heartland Forward, co-founder, and editor at large of CityLab and a senior editor at The Atlantic.

Ross DeVol Delivers keynote address at the annual CPEX Smart Growth Summit in Baton Rouge, LA

An economic briefing hosted by the Little Rock branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis and Heartland Forward, a research institute established recently and based in Bentonville.

Ross DeVol, president and CEO of Heartland Forward, discusses the new ‘think and do tank’ with Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Editor Paul Gatling.

Listen to Ozarks at Large interview with Heartland Forwards CEO Ross DeVol

Research institute aims to foster economic growth in the central U.S.