Joseph Parilla

Finance

A $15 minimum wage would help millions of struggling households in small and mid-sized cities achieve self-sufficiency

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

A woman with a face mask practices social distancing while waiting for food donations outside a food bank, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Gypsum, Colorado, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Across metro areas, COVID-19 relief loans are helping some places more than others

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

BAL HARBOUR, FL - MAY 23: Independent book store Books&Books finally re-open one of their store at the Bal Harbour shop after two month closing due amid of reducing the out spread of Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Sign posted all over the store urge customer to wear mask and staff provided hand sanitizer upon enter the store to customer on May 23, 2020 in Bal Harbour, Florida. Miami-Dade County, Florida start Phase one re-opening after two month of stay at home order was place by (R) FL Gov. Ron DeSanti (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Small businesses have received uneven relief from COVID-19 federal aid

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Friday, May 29, 2020

Staff of Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill waiting for customer to arrived for re-opens for indoor dining on May 18, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. The six year old family own restaurant with 30 plus employee re-opened approximately two months after shutting it's doors due to the coronavirus pandemic and lost over $300,000 of revenue during that time. Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill just received a PPP loan approval on May 6 and looking for most of they employee to come back to work. as Broward County starts the first phase of the states coronavirus pandemic re-opening plan, which includes openings with certain restrictions of businesses like barber shops, hair salon, restaurants and retail stores. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

In many of the hardest-hit states, COVID-19 small business relief is lagging

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

May 21, 2020

Quieter than usual scenes pictured in downtown Portland, Ore., on March 19, 2020, the first day of spring. Throughout the state gatherings are now limited to no more than 25 people for at least four weeks and bars and restaurants will be providing takeout services only as social distancing measures aim to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and flatten the curve. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What the Great Recession can tell us about the COVID-19 small business crisis

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Barber Adan Covarrubias, 28, stands behind his chair, prior to California's Governor Gavin Newsom’s effective immediately statewide "stay at home order", in the face of the fast-spreading pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19), at the Chateau Barber Shop in Napa, California, U.S. March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Cities and states are on the front lines of the economic battle against COVID-19

Joseph Parilla and Reniya Dinkins

Friday, March 20, 2020

A person in a surgical mask walks through the 42nd Street Subway Station as the coronavirus outbreak continued in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

How cities are helping workers and small businesses during the coronavirus crisis

Monday, March 16, 2020

Talent development

Talent is America’s most precious resource—it’s time economic development organizations focus more on developing it

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

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Is America’s Seed Fund investing in women- and minority-owned businesses?

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Cessna employee Lee York works on an engine of a Cessna business jet at the assembly line in their manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas March 12, 2013. Aviation has been a central part of Wichita's economy since the first commercially built aircraft in the United States were produced here in the 1920s. Picture taken March 12, 2013. To match Insight USA-FISCAL/JETS REUTERS/Jeff Tuttle (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS POLITICS INDUSTRIAL) - GM1E93K14V801

Trump’s trade war and the midterms: Views from two Heartland districts

Max Bouchet and Joseph Parilla

Friday, November 2, 2018