Saturday, January 21, 2006
Here are the articles I came across on incentives last week.
Alabama owes $5 million to companies it lured to the state. Read more.
Arkansas is dealing with the legacy of spec buildings, incentives, and economic shifts: a lot of vacant property. Read more.
Incentives aren't enough for a small Colorado airport to attract carriers. Read more.
Many of Kentucky's business incentives are buried in the tax code and have little oversight, according to an organization that has been criticizing the way the state administers incentives. Read more. (This story is a follow-up to a story from last November. You can download the report from this page.)
Governor Pataki is proposing a series of energy incentives. Read more.
Iowa is granting $11 million in incentives for a $14 million investment in high end jobs. Read more.
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