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The Florence of Hard Tech

El Segundo, California is the most consequential hard tech cluster in America right now.

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This Fortune 500 CEO Has a Plan to Win the Global Energy Race

Williams CEO Chad Zamarin is steering the Fortune 500 infrastructure giant into a new chapter

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Feb 2, 2026

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Inside the Lilly Winner's Circle

Four sites. 300 proposals. Pennsylvania lands the finale of Lilly's $27 billion reshoring campaign.

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The Need for Speed

Where CapEx lands in America isn't about incentives anymore – it's about velocity

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Jan 12, 2026

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Looking North to the Future: Alaska

In an exclusive interview, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy makes the case for why the Last Frontier will become the data center capital of the world – just as the Lower 48 runs out of room

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Dec 22, 2025

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Glenn Youngkin’s $156 Billion Legacy

In an exclusive interview, the 74th Governor of Virginia gives Standard & Works a masterclass in economic development

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Dec 12, 2025

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Why Pennsylvania is Winning America’s AI Race

The nation's political battleground is wielding "tri-partisanship" to land AI investment at historic scale

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Nov 21, 2025

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🛡️ The New Defense Map

How procurement shifts, VC, and site selection demands are redrawing America’s defense landscape

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Nov 14, 2025

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Utah's Blueprint to Become America’s Aerospace and Defense Leader

Utah’s approach demonstrates a new paradigm in economic development: sector-specific, brand-savvy, and execution-driven.

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Oct 31, 2025

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🧬 Inside Pharma's $475B Manufacturing Boom

Mapping the race to reshore and the states positioned to win

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Oct 24, 2025

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Mapping America’s Data Center Boomtowns

We spent an hour with JLL's Data Center Whisperer

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Oct 3, 2025

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Hyundai's Robotics Crossroads

The company's U.S. expansion now includes a robotics hub — one that could boost the trajectory of the market where it lands

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Sep 26, 2025

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Beyond Space Command — What “Rocket City” Offers Aerospace

Huntsville, Alabama, touts decades of history and a highly-educated workforce.

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Sep 26, 2025

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How Brownsville, Texas Took Off

The SpaceX launch pad has supercharged investment in the southernmost city in the U.S.

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Sep 26, 2025

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Mapping the Space CapEx Race

How states and regions are competing to win investment as the $700 billion industry takes off

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Sep 17, 2025

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EXCLUSIVE: Pittsburgh's AI Strike Team Plans Investment Fund

The initiative will be modeled after The O.H.I.O. Fund for spurring artificial intelligence start-ups

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Sep 12, 2025

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Welcome to Standard & Works

America is undergoing a once-in-a-generation industrial shift to build out domestic AI infrastructure, manufacturing, and supply chains driven by the rise of artificial intelligence, reshoring and the race to build faster, stronger and closer to home.

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Sep 11, 2025

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Shapiro: The Competition is Fierce With Every Other State

The Governor of Pennsylvania talks exclusively with Standard & Works about the state's competitiveness to land investment

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