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Delaware: Where The World Chooses To Do Business

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The Port of Wilmington is being transformed into the largest logistics hub on the Delaware River with a $600-million investment from Gulftainer in upgrades, including a new TEU terminal. Read: Delaware: Where The World Chooses To Do Business at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Port Of Wilmington Expansion To Generate $600M In New Investment

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Gulftainer will lease the Port of Wilmington from the state of Delaware, construct a new container shipping facility, and expand jobs at the port over the next decade, according to the agreement. Read: Port Of Wilmington Expansion To Generate $600M In New Investment at BusinessFacilities.com.

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How Cell Phone Use While Driving Laws Vary

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Arkansas has a hand-held cell phone ban for drivers 18 to 20 years old, and for all drivers while in a school zone or highway construction zone. Vermont’s law applies only in work zones. A hands-free wireless system may be used to make calls while driving. California. Connecticut. Washington D.C. New Jersey. Puerto Rico.

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Crystal Steel Fabricators Opening Maryland Manufacturing Facility

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Crystal Steel Fabricators, a Delaware-based structural steel fabricator, is investing $4 million in a new manufacturing facility in Caroline County, MD and creating 126 new jobs over the next two years. The company recently acquired the 100,000 square-foot former ES Steel building in the Frank Adams Industrial Park in Federalsburg.

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State Focus: Pennsylvania – Built To Advance

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Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) 147, allowing companies to bring foreign goods to the US without formal customs entry for warehousing assembly, manufacturing, display or other processing. Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ), location-based and offering a greatly reduced or no tax burden for qualifying businesses and property owners.

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H&A Public Incentive Legislation Update

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Quinn signed into a law a bill that extends the life span of enterprise zones for 25 years. The first group of the State’s enterprise zones was set to expire in 2013. The legislation re-establishes California’s international trade offices in order to drive exports and increase direct foreign investment in the Golden State.

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Packing and Leaving

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Delaware passed a law requiring universal background checks. The natural gas industry says expanding this zone to 2,000 feet would amount to a complete fracking ban in many areas in CO. In the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, CN, several states moved to toughen their gun regulations.

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