Alex Pearlstein

<p>Fear of hurricanes, high housing costs, and prohibitive insurance premiums are driving coastal Florida residents north to Atlanta. Real estate agents and developers are happy, but the region is already strained by growth.</p>

<p>Pennsylvania attracts more college students than any other state. Now officials are trying to figure out how to have the economy benefit further by getting them to stay after graduation.</p>

<p>One Alabama city's efforts at redevelopment serves as an example for communities struggling with the economic impact of a base closure.</p>

<p>Research by several economists shows that areas with a lack of child-care suffer economically, since parents are more likely to drop out of the workforce or move to communities with more options.</p>

<p>State and local governments are starting to demand money back from companies that receive tax breaks and grants to locate in their community, and then skip town.</p>