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

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. In Arkansas, you will find: 1,000 miles of navigable waterways. Four ports are located along the Arkansas River in Fort Smith, Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pine Bluff. Hunt and ABF Freight Systems.

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Foster Farms Investing $30M In Louisiana Poultry Plant Expansion

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With financial assistance from the state, the company invested $100 million to complete facility improvements and rebuild inventory, while announcing plans to refill more than 1,000 jobs in the area, making the site a major economic driver for North Louisiana and a leading agribusiness project in the state. John Bel Edwards.

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INSIDE LIVEXCHANGE: You Rank, We Rank, Some Stank

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The better choice, depending on the needs of the company, might be South Dakota, or Arkansas, or Pennsylvania or even, gulp, California. Manufacturers have added 495,000 jobs since January 2010, when factory employment bottomed at almost 6 million below the 2000 level, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Inventory is exempt from property tax. Must expand its labor force, make new capital investment, or prevent loss of employment. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone. The credit is 20% of the actual costs limited to the employer’s income tax liability.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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With such a large inventory of bridges and a sizeable backlog of repair needs, we looked to innovative solutions to address the problem,” said PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Trainees must be guaranteed full-time employment upon successful completion of the training program. The stem-cell market currently is valued at about $1.4

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 2011: Businesses with 50 or fewer employees may receive a one time income tax credit equal to $1,000 per new job paying over $10 per hour. EMPLOYER EDUCATION CREDIT: A tax credit is statutorily available to employers who provide approved basic skills education programs to Alabama resident employees.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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Education • BS, Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas. Certifications • Arkansas Contractors License. Extracurricular • Northwest Arkansas Design Association board member • Equestrian Bridges’ Mini Derby Committee member. Rogers, Ark. . . Off the Clock • Snowboarding • Wakeboarding • Surfing • Clay shooting.