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The secret to women’s leadership that can drive such a positive impact

We found that by driving more engaged employees, women leaders save their organizations $1.43 million for every 1,000 employees.

Rural America Loses Affordable Rental Housing at an Alarming Rate

In the last five years, more than 20,000 rental units have left the USDA’s affordable housing program — nearly three times the predicted number. Tenants of these properties can lose USDA rental support and see rent prices rise simultaneously.

How the pandemic housing market spurred buyer’s remorse across America

According to Real Estate Witch, home values increased nearly 20% between September 2020 and September 2021, with many millennials maxing out their budget and then later regretting it. NPR heard from a lot of first-time homeowners who made compromises to secure a house of their own, in part because they wanted so badly out of the high rental market.

University Project Looks at Communities in Iowa That Are ‘Shrinking Smart’

Researchers with the Rural Shrink Smart initiative will create resources for other communities to learn how to tackle diminishing population numbers.

Are Corporations Killing the Dream of Owning a Home?

Why are rents rising so much? Well, it turns out that big Wall Street firms are playing a role, but we found the fundamental problem was years in the making…and will take years to fix.

Construction jobs in Montana top rest of nation

With competitive wages and great benefits, Smith says they are starting to recruit the next generation as early as 15 years old.

Elon Musk’s Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails

Starlink is a unit of Musk’s space company, SpaceX. The service uses terminals that resemble TV dishes equipped with antennas and are usually mounted on roofs to access the Internet via satellite in rural or disconnected areas.

The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and … internet access

The case for treating internet access as a health necessity.

New ‘digital equity’ data, mapping tools opened to state and local agencies

The “Digital Equity Intelligence Center,” is a library of data models and an interactive map-based application. The tools allow states and cities to skip much of the data modeling needed to understand the digital divide

Interesting commentary on remote vs. hybrid vs. in office companies and how this will impact their future.

I think we’ll see a lot of companies embrace a hybrid option whose in office frequency will probably vary by team, ranging from a few days a week to once a month. I think we’ll also see people start to gravitate towards companies that support their personality preference.