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During this year’s session, the Alabama Legislature considered multiple pieces of legislation focusing on improving Alabama’s economic opportunities and long-term economic development vision....more
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, required the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (“EDA”) to “turn square corners” and certify $26 million in tax credits pursuant to its contract with a company...more
This week Kara Gormley Meador and Burnie Maybank, co-host of The Buzz, discuss South Carolina’ Economic Development and Tax Rankings. Burnie brings years of research and expertise to the episode as the former Director of the...more
The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SC DOR) annually ranks and designates the state’s 46 counties into four tiers based upon unemployment rate and per capita income (See S.C. Code Section 12-6-3360(B). Tier designation...more
On June 1, 2021, the Ohio Senate Finance Committee released its version of the state’s biennial operating budget (HB 110), which must be signed into law by June 30, 2021. As often happens, there are millions of dollars in...more
Business - The unemployment bill formerly known as S.10 – Business owners had their most challenging year in memory. Many hoped that the legislature, knowing this, would have sought to offset their challenges....more
Legislative Chess - It’s the time of year when the legislature plays chess. Sometimes it even plays speed chess, with programs, initiatives, and tax code changes flying in and out of bills as they move back and forth...more
Senate passes budget - On Friday, the Senate gave final approval to the $7.17 billion FY 2022 budget, H.439. Senate Appropriations Chair Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, called it “as complicated a budget as I’ve ever had to put...more
Governor proposes $90 million for state capital investment - Department of Economic Development Commissioner Joan Goldstein presented Governor Scott's Capital Investment Grant Proposal to the Senate Economic Development...more
Childcare bill becoming a heavy lift - The House Committee on Human Services is working through H.171, a bill that would create a comprehensive child care system governed and subsidized by the state. The system would take...more
The South Carolina Department of Revenue has released the 2020 county tier rankings for all South Carolina counties. The rankings are reassessed each year and are determined in part by per capita income and unemployment rate...more
The influential Business Council of Alabama (BCA), founded in 1985, and the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA), the state’s oldest and largest chamber of commerce, have each officially approved their 2020 legislative agendas....more
West Virginia Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in EQT Doddridge County Trespassing Case - "The state Supreme Court will decide if a lower court judge got it right when he ruled natural gas production company EQT trespassed...more
Agriculture - THE ENTERPRISE: Farmers could receive hurricane relief checks this month - A leading agriculture advocate in the North Carolina Senate told farmers and their families Thursday that farmers can expect to...more
On October 29, the well-respected Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA), headquartered at Samford University, issued a useful report finding Alabama’s “booming economy” had generated substantially increased tax...more
The South Carolina legislature finalized two bills this week that will impact economic development, the broader business community, and nearly every taxpayer in the state. The bill with the widest impact – H.5341 – was...more
As you may know, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacting broad reforms to the Internal Revenue Code. How your state implements these reforms may have an impact on project recruitment and...more
South Carolina has some of the highest business property taxes in the Southeast. The state generally taxes land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and furniture and fixtures, but does not tax inventory, pollution control...more
The State's new omnibus bill renewed and extended programs that abate real estate taxes, city corporate taxes, and sales taxes, and provide energy discounts to qualified applicants. Developers and businesses with new...more
Economic Development | State and Local Taxation - “Current GAAP has no explicit guidance on the accounting for, or the disclosure of, government assistance received by business entities. The amendments in this proposed...more
Until recently, California’s state-level economic development cupboard was looking a little bare — its 400 redevelopment agencies were dissolved in February 2012, property tax increment financing has been discontinued and...more
Welcome to King & Spalding's economic development news bulletin, Investing in Georgia. In this edition, you will find: - Analysis of the issues that will impact midterm elections, as well as a special preview edition...more
Welcome to King & Spalding's economic development news bulletin, Investing in Georgia. In this edition, you will find: - Ongoing coverage of tax reform proposals, including a report published by the Committee for a...more
The second week of the Alabama Legislature's Regular Session saw Republican leadership maintaining their momentum and passing priority legislation at a furious pace. ...more