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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

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Laws enacted in 1998 required agricultural operations with $2,500 or more in gross annual income and livestock operations with 8,000 pounds or more of live animal weight to have and comply with a nutrient management plan for nitrogen and phosphorus. Wetlands Permits and Licenses. Water Quality and Land Management.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Income Tax Capital Credit: The Income Tax Capital Credit has been available since 1995. The enterprise zone credit is equal to $2500 per permanent new employee and can be applied against the income tax and/or business privilege tax liability. The tax for existing entities accrues as of Jan. The rates range from $.25

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.

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Nucor Direct Reduced Iron Plant Completed In St. James Parish, LA

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Nucor’s investment in Louisiana is one of the reasons we have more people working and living with higher incomes than ever in our state.”. since 2009. Jindal and Ferriola’s predecessor at Nucor, Dan DiMicco, broke ground on the project after the site selection and permitting process was completed. In March 2011, Gov.

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Oklahoma Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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21st Century Quality Jobs 10 Year Cash Incentive: The first of its kind, this new incentive was created in 2009 to attract knowledge-based companies to Oklahoma through a policy of rewarding businesses with a highly skilled and compensated workforce. At least 51% of the new jobs must be made available to low and moderate-income persons.

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Black Gold Rush

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In fact, when President Obama visited Elkhart, Indiana in 2009 to commiserate with a town then suffering from the highest unemployment in the nation (15.3 After swallowing that gloomy news, Californians trudged to the polls in November and approved a referendum increasing their state income taxes by a whopping $6 billion a year.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: The Process of Food

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In fact, in 2009, the agribusiness cluster of industries generated $49 billion to the state economy. Using the BUILD NOW NY program to pre-permit sites as “shovel-ready,” all permits were obtained in 54 days and the facility was constructed in only 53 weeks. Agriculture is the second largest industry in NY behind tourism.