Economy

The new federal American Jobs Plan is expected to push U.S. companies to go green and bring new jobs in sustainable energy.

The city is seeking input on how to spend $138 million in federal aid through the American Rescue Plan Act. Five more meetings are scheduled this month.

An Ohio-based developer has agreed to buy the property and expects to repurpose it as a business park.

Across the United States, the real estate market has seen declining rents and rising vacancy rates. That’s true for offices, apartments and retail space. But the city of Dayton is bucking that trend.

Opponents of the spread of Airbnbs say they remove affordable housing units from the local market.

Despite a push to prioritize human trafficking in Ohio, labor trafficking continues to get less attention from media and law enforcement than sex trafficking.

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown and legislators came down on banks in a virtual meeting, saying banks exploited the public during the pandemic.

Restaurants around the country are struggling to hire workers to keep up with all the customers who want to eat in person again.

Part of Ohio’s approach to combatting human trafficking is arresting people for selling sex. But some experts argue that arrests make people more vulnerable to being trafficked.

Anti-human trafficking nonprofits and government agencies, including those in Ohio, have a problem with sharing misinformation.

After a successful Fortune 500 sales career, Chad Diggs took the leap to entrepreneurship and became his own boss. Now, he owns a number of Miami Valley businesses. All saw a steep drop in sales as the pandemic took hold in 2020. But one business has since rebounded bigger than ever. It’s an online gift-basket business called Edible Arrangements in Kettering. Diggs is a Trotwood native and University of Toledo college football athlete who says the rollercoaster of the pandemic is testing his leadership skills like never before.

The Home Builders Association of Dayton says lumber prices have risen more than 180 percent in the past 10 months. That adds more than $24,000 to the price of a new home.