Economy

California and the Bay Area took a gigantic leap forward with the state Senate's approval of funding to begin construction on the initial phase of ...

Stagnating federal investment in basic research, declining state funding for higher education and immigration policies that limit access to global ...

“Today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court frees us to focus on the state-based details of fixing our broken healthcare system,” said Jim Wund...

The Bay Area Council today released its spring Business Confidence Survey, with employers signaling caution about hiring, expressing modest optimis...

New U.S. Ambassador to APEC Hans Klemm meets with Bay Area Council members to discuss a range of global trade and economic issues.

One of the Council's lead priorities got a big boost that will spur new jobs and support the region’s valuable trade industry.

Modernizing the Caltrain commuter service would create the equivalent of almost 9,600 jobs, increase property values and generate overall economic ...

The threat of losing the Hetch Hetchy clean water and power system that serves 2.5 million Bay Area residents and businesses took a dangerous step ...

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), whose formation the Bay Area Council supported, is preparing to launch ...

A new study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute concludes that the federal health care law would create almost 100,000 new jobs across Calif...