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Reality-Based Assistance for Troubled Communities and Regions

October 12, 2018 –
Americans appear deeply divided, in part because they are experiencing vastly different economic outcomes based on where they live. What causes these regional disparities? How...
State and Local Issues

Robots or Jobs? The Federal Tax Law's Uncertain Impact On Communities

September 20, 2018 –
In recent months, many states have adjusted their tax codes in response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the sweeping package of federal...

Opportunity Zones May Create More Opportunities for Investors and Syndicators Than Distressed Communities

August 2, 2018 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) created a new tax-advantaged Opportunity Zone program to encourage investments in economically-distressed communities that are nominated by governors...
State and Local Issues

Did Governors Target Opportunity Zones To Disinvested Communities?

May 22, 2018 –
Based on recommendations by the nation’s governors, the Treasury Department and IRS have designated Opportunity Zones where corporations and individuals with capital gains will receive...
State and Local Issues

Maryland’s Sweetheart Offer to Amazon Makes No Sense

April 18, 2018 –
My home state of Maryland has agreed to give Amazon as much as $5.6 billion in state tax breaks, nearly $1 billion in local tax...
State and Local Issues

A Little-Publicized Incentive In The New Tax Law Could Become America’s Largest Economic Development Program

March 27, 2018 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included a new federal incentive—Opportunity Zones—to spur investment in poor and undercapitalized communities. These incentives could become the nation’s...
State and Local Issues

Delta, Guns, And Economic Development Tax Breaks

March 1, 2018 –
Delta Airlines announces it is cancelling its affinity program with the National Rifle Association. In retaliation, Georgia’s lieutenant governor says he’ll try to kill a...

How Taxpayers in DC and its Suburbs Would Fare Under the New Tax Law

January 22, 2018 –
As Tax Policy Center analyses have shown , the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) treats people of similar incomes in very different ways, depending...

Three Questions Policymakers Should Be Asking About The Foxconn Megadeal

August 1, 2017 –
Last week, President Trump and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced that Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn, a major supplier of LCD screens to Apple, would receive $3...
State and Local Issues

More than Medicaid: The Full Cost of ACA Repeal and Replace for States

July 11, 2017 –
Congressional plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act have governors worried – and with good reason. Although proposals continue to evolve, states stand...