In site selection a key to attracting companies lies in communities offering low-cost, high impact workforce and education ...

In the latest Tax Notes Talk episode, Josh Goodman of the Pew Charitable Trusts talks about the organization’s recent report on how states can direct economic development to people and places in need.

Last week’s tax incentive package that would keep Nissan Motor Co.’s regional headquarters and its 1,300 jobs in the L.A. area was the latest proposal aimed at retaining key businesses and industries.

Tax incentives are one of the most controversial tools in the economic development tool kit. Proponents, including economic development officials, business leaders, developers and industry executives, ...

A bill advancing in the Senate would redirect some state business recruitment incentives away from the Triangle to help boost economic development in poorer areas of the state. A bill advancing in the ...

They say that money talks, but does it motivate? Finding the inspiration to live healthy can seem like an endless search. Readers of my articles will know that I'm squarely in the intrinsic motivation ...

Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced in March 2022 that it would open an electric vehicle assembly plant in North Carolina. The battery manufacturing plant will be built in Chatham County and is ...

This report from the Pew Center on the States shows that policy makers often create tax credits, deductions, and exemptions without reliable cost estimates and annual cost controls. Even in tight ...

Experts have slowly gravitated toward the benefits of broad-based incentives instead of luring specific companies with expensive incentive packages. But what do the hard numbers say? Tech giant Amazon ...