Heartland Blog

Since 2012, Heartland has hosted or participated in two dozen road shows and events to revitalize our cities, renew our industries, and grow the clean economy, including the recent Century Foundation Heartland Cities Summits. In the third quarter of 2019, the SVA and Heartland Network convened, in Pittsburgh, our tenth "capital roundtable," which featured State Treasurer Joe Torsella, USW President Tom Conway, and PRI North American Director Chris Fowle. Joining us were princ

How often are 150 people turned away from an IRS hearing on Valentine's Day? Almost never. But in standing-room only fashion, the much anticipated public hearing on Opportunity Zones took place last week in Washington, D.C., after being delayed 35 days because of the partial government shutdown. Three major takeaways stood out among the issues raised throughout the course of the five-hour-long hearing: 1. The 50% test for investing in a business has emerged as, arguably, the