A study in Springfield, Mo. shows that hiring local workers on the city’s public works projects would increase sales at local businesses by $71 million, save or create 400 jobs and increase local tax ...

Cobb County businesses looking to do business with the county got a little extra help on Tuesday when commissioners unanimously approved a local preference provision in the county’s purchasing ...

Charles Crumpley’s Comment column in the Sept. 20 issue headlined “L.A. Localizes Bad Policy” fails to recognize the need for a local preference policy to level the playing field for local businesses.

City councilors are reviving a proposal to create a “local preference” proviso in the bidding process for developers interested in purchasing 288 acres of city-owned land near N.M. 599 and Ridgetop ...