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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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In 2017, Edwards created the Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission to bolster the state’s cyber safety and to position Louisiana as a national leader and preferred location for cyber business, education and research. OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE HERE. The authors of the Opportunity Zones section of the tax reform bill, Sen.

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Remembering Ed Coene

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He served on a destroyer that patrolled the combat zone during the Korean War and then came home to take the same jobs his father had held with a coal wholesaler, engineer and sales executive. in Red Bank, NJ, Ed opened Bus Fac Publishing Co. Ed began his journey by walking a trail blazed by his father, a veteran of two World Wars.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. Applicants must meet the same qualification criteria as Advantage Arkansas and must be approved by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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The wind boom in Texas was assisted by the expansion of the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), use of designated Competitive Renewable Energy Zones and expedited transmission grid construction. A 2009 study commissioned by the State of Utah has identified 2,166 MW of geothermal potential existing with the state.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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Its key feature is highly automated 30+ lane transfer zones and automated live e-gates. A sister bridge of the same design, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, was built in Australia but was 25 inches shorter than its relative in NJ. PMT also has direct access to both CSX and NS railways, and will soon connect to the Commonwealth Railway.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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The TV ads, which aired for six months in the NY/NJ/CT and Boston markets and on JetBlue’s in-flight TV, conclude with Huizenga’s memorable tag line: “Hey, it’s not what you make, it’s what you keep.” The Little Rock National Airport is operated by the Airport Commission, whose members are appointed by the Little Rock City Board of Directors.

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