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Rural America, which supported Trump in the election, could be left out of water and road building investment as states and the president leverage private investment. Trump's plan offers little detail on federal spending and timing. Adding to the uncertainty, a presidential adviser has indicated that states should help themselves.

Solar energy has grown prodigiously over the last eight years. But 2017 has been tough, especially for rooftop solar companies.

Factories give way to tech companies.

Oil prices are recovering. Oil companies are expanding their U.S. operations. But a skilled worker shortage is not helping.

The Diamond Match factory is one of three major wood products plants in Cloquet, Minn. But it’s slated to close later this summer, leaving Cloquet with a hole in both its history and economy.

“We have not missed a beat, we won’t miss a beat," says the Phoenix bureau's agent in charge.

"Women experience significantly more unfairness than men,” the lead researcher says.

An increasing number of companies have started offering free programs to teach employees how to manage their own money.

Average farms are growing and adopting new technologies to make ends meet.

Funding for the much-lauded ARPA-E innovation program, which funds energy projects with serious potential, will be removed.