High oil prices have brought happy days to the oil-producing parts of the district.

The upper Midwest is the nation's biggest sugar-producing region, but farmers are worried trade pacts could dissolve it all

The Lewis & Clark bicentennial was expected to bring new tourism, but results have been mixed.

In the last few years the real estate market, both nationwide and in the Ninth District, has been on fire. And, like moths swarming to that fire, the market for real estate agents has also swelled.

In small cities and towns in the district, the demise of newspapers has been greatly exaggerated.

Recent oil pressures have threatened the recovery of the district's plastics industry, but firms can cope by adapting

Apartment vacancy rates are falling around the Ninth District, but slower home sales are only part of the story.

Despite rising wages, nurses are likely to remain scarce in many parts of the Ninth District.

District businesses are turning to hedging as a way to cope with higher, more volatile energy prices.

Teacher pay in the western part of the Ninth District isn't competitive with other states.