Stephen Groves

Associated Press

Trends in Manufacturing: Insights from 750 Leaders

Trends in Manufacturing: Insights from 750 Leaders

Despite manufacturers’ best forecasts, no one could have predicted what 2020 had in store. For many manufacturers, the destabilizing force of the pandemic exposed weaknesses along the value chain. It also highlighted opportunities to justify larger-scale.

In this April 13, 2020, photo, Kulule Amosa steps out of the apartment she shares with her husband who works at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Meat Plant Jobs Perilous Amid Virus

A plant in Sioux Falls clocked so many cases that it was forced to close this week.

In this Nov. 7, 2019, file photo, the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Donna, Texas.

Border Towns Fear Virus Spread

Despite a clampdown on people’s movements in much of the country, groups of workers travel every day from camps in New Mexico to build President Donald Trump’s border wall.

In this Nov. 6, 2015, file photo, a TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facility is seen in Hardisty, Alberta. Plans for construction of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline through South Dakota inched forward last week with several approvals at both the federal and state levels, but opponents in in the state say they haven't given up on preventing, or at least slowing, the pipeline's construction. TC Energy, the Canadian company building the pipeline, plans to begin construction in August 2020, according to a court filing in Montana that also spells out planned work in that state and Nebraska.

What's Next for the Keystone XL?

Opponents in South Dakota say they haven’t given up on preventing, or at least slowing, the pipeline’s construction.

Board Approves Keystone Water Permits

The hearing was so contentious that it stretched into a dozen days over the course of four months.