Tax incentives shape Iowa's competitive edge and costs
Iowa uses tax credits and incentives to lure out of state firms and aid local expansions, including a $1.4 billion fertilizer project in Lee County and a $1.7 billion CF Industries Port Neal investment. The state raised the tax credit cap to 170 million, while studies question measurable gains from such incentives and warn of cost and accountability concerns.
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Lee County
CF Industries
Port Neal
Sioux City
Debie Durham
Iowa Economic Development Authority
Durham
Economic Development Authority
Illinois
Nebraska
Department of Revenue
Rick Funderburg
University of Iowa
Funderburg
Heather Gibney
Iowa Policy Project
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Justin Wan
the Gate
DuPont
Cedar Rapids
Cooper lawsuit highlights GM ignition switch disclosure
Auto safety analyst Sean Kane credits Michael Cooper for first public record of GM ignition switch actions. Cooper, based in Marietta, has built a string of settlements and trials since the 1990s, including a major recall tied to the 2005 2006 dealer bulletins and Brooke Melton’s death.
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Rehoboth
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Bloomberg News
Greg Martin
Emory University School of Law
Marietta
Atlanta
Doreen Lundrigan
NHTSA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Nathan Naylor
Brooke Melton
Georgia
Melton
Cobalt
Lundrigan
Dennis Cathey
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