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Promoting Electric Vehicles as Environmental Policy or Corporate Welfare

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Maryland residents may be eligible for a one time excise tax credit, up to $3,000.00, when they purchase or lease a qualifying plug-in electric vehicle through June 30, 2017. Businesses may also qualify for the tax credit on up to ten vehicles. Another policy conundrum is that while there are 23 plug in cars available in the U.S.

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7 Construction Equipment Sharing Services

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A 2015 study in the United States revealed that as many as around 70% of government’s heavy construction equipment remains unused. Similarly, some simply connect contractors looking to lease their unused equipment with others who want to cover their short-term needs. 4 United Rentals.

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Technology Center Opens At UL Lafayette Research Park

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In its 2015 fiscal year, CGI recorded revenue of approximately $8 billion ($10.3 CGI is leasing space for its center in the new 50,000-square-foot, $13.1 Prior to moving into its current facility this spring, CGI began operating in a temporary office space in downtown Lafayette in early 2015. million in income annually.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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The health of this industry is a vital economic indicator since sales tend to be driven by personal income, consumer confidence and interest rates. NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said that despite 2015’s volatility, “the economy continued to reduce unemployment, raise wages and actually increase real GDP by 2.4 Bankrate, 2015).

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Vonco Products Relocating To Wisconsin

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Vonco is leasing the building from KABA and will have an option to purchase the facility. million in state income tax revenue over a five-year period. Wisconsin manufacturers produced more than $57 billion worth of output in 2015, accounting for 19 percent of the state’s gross domestic product.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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While the national average of per-capita income going to taxes is 9.9 In addition, Arizona’s taxes on property, gas and personal income remain low compared to the rest of the country. After leasing the U.S. In 2015, Apple decided to put its $2 billion, 1.3-million-square-foot percent, here the number is only 8.4

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

Green Building Law Update

In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the looming nationwide fight over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada altered rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels. But the retail rate is at an actual loss to the monopoly utility. It is not good energy policy.

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