Topics : Economic Development





  • Film Incentives Criticized in Tennessee Audit
  • According to an audit report, the agencies failed to properly administer two state film incentive programs or provide adequate evidence that Tennessee was getting the most bang for its buck.

  • Lighting the Way to Cleaner Air
  • The way we light our streets can do more than save money for the taxpayers. It can contribute significantly to reducing air pollution.


  • GOP Governors Push Income Tax Cuts and Sales Tax Hikes
  • Republican governors are moving aggressively to cut personal and corporate income taxes, including proposals that would increase reliance on state sales taxes, setting up ambitious experiments in tax reform that could shape what is possible on a national level.
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  • Kansas Governor Wants to Eliminate Property Tax Deduction
  • The governor wants to wipe away the income deduction claimed by Kansans for property taxes they pay on their homes. Nixing that deduction would raise revenue, at least partially offsetting the lower state income tax rates Brownback wants to adopt.
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  • Budget Chief Has Concerns with Ending Income Tax in North Carolina
  • Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget director distanced the Republican chief executive from a proposal to eliminate income taxes in North Carolina and expressed his own “great concerns” with the concept being floated by leading GOP lawmakers.

  • Amazon Fails to Collect New Taxes in Georgia
  • Georgia shoppers at Amazon.com still aren’t paying sales tax, three weeks after the start of a state law designed to snag the money from the world’s biggest online retailer.


  • Muni Bond Market a Political Pawn in 2013
  • Experts say that 2013 will be a minefield of uncertainty for investors as the tax debate in Congress and financial volatility at home raise questions about muni market stability.



  • Massachusetts Gov. Patrick Proposes Tax Hikes to Fund Education, Transportation
  • Shrugging off the fiscal caution of recent years, Governor Deval Patrick proposed a $1.9 billion tax increase in his State of the Commonwealth address, saying it was necessary for the state to invest more in education and the state’s transportation network to “accelerate growth and expand opportunity.”
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