Showing posts with label state subsidies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label state subsidies. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Ford Announces Giant Electric Vehicle Plant in Western Tennessee

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  On September 27, Ford Motor Company announced plans to invest $5.6 billion at the Memphis Regional Megasite in Stanton, Tennessee, to buil...
Friday, October 9, 2020

Boeing Moves More Jobs from Washington State to South Carolina

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As first reported in The Wall Street Journal , Boeing is ending production of the 787 Dreamliner at Everett, Washington, and moving it to...
Friday, August 2, 2019

First-ever binding end to a border war: Missouri-Kansas UPDATED

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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has just signed an executive order that prohibits state subsidies being used to move existing Missouri firms in ...
Monday, June 24, 2019

New article in Shelterforce highlights EU state aid rules

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Greg LeRoy and I have written an article at Shelterforce explaining the basics of the European Union's rules governing subsidies, or ...
Friday, February 15, 2019

Amazon defeated in New York UPDATED

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In the biggest ever defeat for a subsidized project in history, Amazon announced February 14th that it was canceling its planned half of HQ...
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Monday, February 11, 2019

Electrolux closing Memphis plant; Economic development malpractice leaves Tennesse holding the bag

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On January 31, Electrolux announced (h/t Alan Freeman, ipolitics.ca ) that it would be closing its new (2012) factory in Memphis, Tennessee...
Friday, February 1, 2019

Foxconn is flailing in Wisconsin (Insert your joke here.) UPDATED

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In what may end up as the biggest economic development failure in U.S. history, Foxconn announced Wednesday that its $10 billion Wisconsin ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Amazon Wins!!!

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Well, what did you expect? With 238 entrants and 20 finalists, the Amazon HQ2 location tournament resulted in a resounding victory for Amazo...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

New article on tax increment financing in Missouri shows impact of KS/MO border war

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After several years of work, my colleague Susan G. Mason (Boise State University) and I have published a new article on TIF in Missouri, spe...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Amazon scores two more $5+ billion bids

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A non-blogging friend points me to the announcement today of Maryland's subsidy bid that puts Montgomery County into one of the 20 fina...
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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Now Amazon wants to break the bank UPDATED

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On Thursday (October 19), the first stage of the Amazon sweepstakes for a second headquarters, dubbed "HQ2," was completed as cit...
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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Foxconn aims to break the bank

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While the head of the illegitimate Trump regime makes multiple headlines telling the New York Times that he is above the law , we have to r...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Mike Pence subsidizes offshorers

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The Indianapolis Star reports (h/t Greg LeRoy) that the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), which is headed by Governor/Vice-...