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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

Business Facilities

Furthermore, Arizona is a right-to-work state with a very low unionization rate, one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation, and workers compensations rates that are much lower than the national average. In 2016, U.S.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

By Business Facilities Editorial Staff From the March/April 2016 Issue. Our 2016 awards include recognition for the locations that have led the way in smart-grid modernization, innovative funding for infrastructure projects, renewable energy breakthroughs and new tools for supporting startups and entrepreneurs. for the first time.

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Feature Story: Aiming For The Top In Utah

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Gary Herbert insists he has no national political aspirations, but other governors eyeing the White House might want to take a look at his record before they dive into the 2016 race: it will be very hard to top. A focus of his effort has been to expedite the federal permitting process for energy development on public land.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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By the BF Staff From the January/February 2016 Issue. In order to support the continued expansion of the renewable energy industry, Kansas has a goal of generating 15 percent of the state’s electricity from renewable sources by 2016, and the state’s utilities are on track to meet this target. at 12,800 feet.

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

Revit OpEd

The Tax Bill suspends all miscellaneous itemized deductions that are subject to the 2% floor under present law. Work-related education. Thus, under the provision, employees may not claim the above-listed items as itemized deductions for taxable years 2018 through 2025.

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LEED Credit is Designed to Eliminate Illegal Wood in Buildings

Green Building Law Update

This new pilot credit also leaves in place the 2016 pilot credit MRpc102 Legal Wood, that despite all the discussion has not been a market mover. Documentary proof that the products are backed by a FLEGT license accepted under the European Union Timber Regulation. The European Union has similar timber regulation.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”

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