The city of Amarillo, Texas does a good job providing residents information about the millions of dollars it gives to companies in the name of “economic development.” goodjobsfirst.org/inside-amarill…

What lobbyists tell lawmakers: Surveillance pricing empowers consumers. What CEOs tell Wall Street: We can skip price-matching, auction tickets at each person’s pain point, and turn basics into premium.

#ICYMI Amazon presents its Flex app delivery workers with a familiar grift – the false promise of working for yourself – but the reality is close monitoring & control by #Amazon along w unlivable pay, inadequate benefits & dangerous working conditions. njspotlightnews.org/video/does-ama…

“If I buy a share of Amazon stock & sell it for a profit...my tax on that gain is going to be at a lower rate than what an Amazon warehouse employee is going to pay on her wages. That just doesn’t make any sense.” PMUK's Tim Stumpff speaks to Big Issue bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

From CA and GA to TX and NY, film tax subsidies are booming — despite decades of evidence showing they don’t even come close to paying off. Now, some lawmakers are beginning to push back on Hollywood execs' demands for tax breaks: goodjobsfirst.org/states-film-ta…

Panasonic's subsidy deal in KS was bad; somehow, it always get worse: "the contract would allow Panasonic to theoretically hire one employee with a salary of $234M, never produce a single battery and still earn hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars." thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025/0…

Panasonic has opened its Kansas battery plant. But reportedly, the company's contract with the state doesn't actually require the plant to actually produce any batteries or employ the promised 4,000 workers in order to get $800+ million in subsidies.

“'Move fast and break stuff' might work for startup companies, but shouldn’t apply in managing public resources. Without proper transparency and protections in place, data centers present a significant threat to our shared waters.” Public officials ≠ VC dispatch.com/story/opinion/…

Explore the data -> violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/summary?offens…

Story idea for your state ⬇️ "Using public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the series found that Michigan has spent $335 million in subsidies to create 11,400 jobs, 40% of which pay less than the state’s median wage." bridgemi.com/center-michiga…

Join reporters J. Dale Shoemaker, Paula Gardner and katie jane fernelius for a training on covering economic development incentives on July 30 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. They'll provide tips to help you answer: Are they corporate giveaways worth it? goodjobsfirst.org/reporting-on-e…

If you missed the IRE conference, we're doing the "how to cover economic development incentives" panel over the World Wide Web. Register today for some great stories and smart tips on how to understand the world of tax breaks!

New report: Oregon’s public schools lost $275 million to corporate tax subsidies in 2024. Data center subsidies were identified as the fastest-growing revenue problem. We don't know how much $ we're losing in Indiana to data center subsidies because the IEDC keeps it secret!

Link to Good Jobs First new report: goodjobsfirst.org/the-cost-of-ta…

📩 In Issue #18 of The OSINT Recap newsletter 🔧 New OSINT arsenal: Corporate misconduct tracking tools Good Jobs First released three databases covering 684,000 penalties across 59 countries. Violation Tracker Global now exposes repeat offenders like Tesla's $100M in US fines.

"In Hillsboro, the damage is intensely local. Our schools scramble to pass levies while Amazon, Intel, and others enjoy tax-free land deals and taxpayer-funded infrastructure. The EZ program...has become a revolving door for giveaways" to rich companies. hillsboroherald.com/data-centers-b…

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We'll say it again: there's 👏no 👏 such 👏 thing 👏 as free money. When a state "invests" in data centers via tax breaks, schools have less money for students.

That “no cost to taxpayers” Gov. Bill Lee line didn’t last one single day. Why does the richest man in the world need free rent? #LeesTeslasOnlyTunnel tennessean.com/story/money/20…

Our July Violation Tracker update is now live 🚀 and includes: 🔴Over $618M in penalties for companies furthering the opioid crisis; state AGs reached 8 major settlements 🔴Visa +Mastercard to pay $197.5M to settle litigation they conspired to fix ATM fees violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org