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

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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. THE KANSAS CITY ANIMAL HEALTH CORRIDOR KEEPS EXPANDING. at 12,800 feet.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Labor Department forecasts that truck drivers will account for 43 percent of the growth in logistics jobs in the coming years. Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway are among those serving the state and provide transportation of raw materials and finished products throughout the nation. Subsequently, the U.S.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. population.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The campus will more than double the size of Apple’s workforce in Texas over the next decade, supporting the company’s growing operations in the Americas with expanded customer support, sales and accounting functions for the region. Saudi Refining, Inc.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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DuPage County is in close proximity to North America’s largest inland port, the Centerpoint Intermodal Center, which provides direct access to the BNSF logistics park and the Union Pacific Joliet Intermodal Terminal. 50 percent of all U.S. rail freight passes through Chicago’s rail yards. million tons).

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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billion in 2014, accounting for 12.1 Nine miles of rail, able to accommodate up to 250 railcars with rail served by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern. With regards to imports, “FTZs have also continued to grow in their importance for U.S. Foreign-status inputs to FTZs totaled $288.3

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State by State Incentives Guide

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001) of UI taxable wages for employers with positive UI reserve account balances and employers subject to Section 977(c) of the California Unemployment Insurance Code (CUIC). corporations whose sole activities in CT are trading stocks, securities or commodities of their own account. The tax rate is set by statute at 0.1% (.001)

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