Economic Development

December 16, 2015

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

New outlook on economic development; Jindal’s farewell tour; Suing over SNAP?; Shared sacrifice ahead and; Be a State Policy Fellow
January 28, 2015

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

WISE Fund on the chopping block; Budget cuts hit “red” states the hardest; Teachers retirement plan gets poor review; Job numbers up; and Sasol delays decision on massive industrial project
December 13, 2010

Transparency Study: “Show Us the Subsidies”

Posted by: Teaway Zehyoue Collins

A new study by Good Job First, evaluates how well states are disclosing information about their economic development subsidies. Good Job First rated each state’s economic development website on the availability of information in areas such as subsidy dollar amounts, job-creation numbers, wage level in those jobs, geographic location of the subsidized facility, and how easy it was to find and use the online data of each subsidy program.… Read more...