May 2011 Posts
May
27
2011
Money Losing Arenas Cause a Big Headache for Small Cities
It’s well known that big cities frequently get snookered into using taxpayer funds to build professional sports stadiums and convention centers that turn out t
May
26
2011
Subsidy Tracker Has More to Track
Subsidy Tracker, Good Jobs First’s database of company-specific info on economic developm
May
20
2011
Chicago’s Mayor Emanuel Promises a Shake-Up of the City’s $1.2 Billion TIF Program
Yesterday, Chicago’s new mayor, Rahm Emanuel, took an important first step in improving city government by announcing reforms for Tax Increment Financing (TIF).
May
19
2011
States Shine More Light on Tax Spending
[caption id="attachment_1877" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The CBPP map shows states that do not have tax expenditure reporting (in red) and states that do not include important information in their reports (in orange)."]
