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Doling Out Tax Favors to Private Companies Does Nothing to Improve State’s Economy

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Largely overlooked at first during all the congratulatory back slapping ? which came with the news that Tesla Motors had built an earthen pad in an industrial park east of Sparks for its new $5 billion lithium-ion battery ?gigafactory? that would employ as many as 6,500 workers ? was a statement by Tesla CEO Elon Musk about what he expects the state getting the plant to shell … [Read more...] about Doling Out Tax Favors to Private Companies Does Nothing to Improve State’s Economy

Drone company is the one that got away

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Earlier this month, there was a big ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Las Vegas office of SolarCity ? a company that installs rooftop solar panels at homes, businesses and government buildings, just like a dozen other taxpaying Nevada companies. SolarCity was enticed to open here with a $1.2 million grant from the Governor?s Office of Economic Development (GOED). At … [Read more...] about Drone company is the one that got away