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Good Jobs First has since 1998 been a leading watchdog on economic development subsidies. We also expose corporate crimes.
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Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
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NEW ANALYSIS: Federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing wage and workplace safety conditions are taking drastically fewer actions against companies, and proposed rule changes by the administration will give workers even fewer protections. 🧵
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After Amazon fails to answer basic questions about its proposed data center, planning commissioners decline to vote on the project.
Amazon's MO has long been to provide as little info as possible - elected officials and residents everywhere are saying enough.
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Amazon's MO has long been to provide as little info as possible - elected officials and residents everywhere are saying enough.
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Amazon Data Center proposal in Wilmington tabled after company reps fail to answer questions
The Wilmington Planning Commission voted Tuesday to table a controversial Amazon data center proposal after company representatives failed to answer questions about the project during a packed public ...
www.daytondailynews.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
After Amazon fails to answer basic questions about its proposed data center, planning commissioners decline to vote on the project.
Amazon's MO has long been to provide as little info as possible - elected officials and residents everywhere are saying enough.
www.daytondailynews.com/news/amazon-...
Amazon's MO has long been to provide as little info as possible - elected officials and residents everywhere are saying enough.
www.daytondailynews.com/news/amazon-...
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According to @goodjobsfirst.org, at least 10 states are already losing more than $100 million each in revenue per year from data center tax breaks.
That's money that could be going to education, infrastructure, or anything more useful than another data center. itep.org/states-are-o...
That's money that could be going to education, infrastructure, or anything more useful than another data center. itep.org/states-are-o...
States Are Opening a Pandora’s Box of Data Centers
State governments are rushing to offer billions of dollars in subsidies to data center construction, apparently without understanding their full costs.
itep.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
According to @goodjobsfirst.org, at least 10 states are already losing more than $100 million each in revenue per year from data center tax breaks.
That's money that could be going to education, infrastructure, or anything more useful than another data center. itep.org/states-are-o...
That's money that could be going to education, infrastructure, or anything more useful than another data center. itep.org/states-are-o...
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Why do states INSIST on giving tax breaks for data centers when evidence shows that most of these projects would get built either way? 🤯
Virginia lost $1.6 billion to data center tax breaks in FY 2025, an increase of 2,362% from 2017.
Illinois failed to disclose its data center losses, and Georgia came out with fresh evidence tax breaks don't matter to data center siting decisions.
Our latest: goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
Illinois failed to disclose its data center losses, and Georgia came out with fresh evidence tax breaks don't matter to data center siting decisions.
Our latest: goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
Virginia Tax Revenue Losses to Data Centers Soar to $1.6 Billion for FY25 - Good Jobs First
Virginia Tax Revenue Losses to Data Centers Soar to $1.6 Billion for FY25 - Good Jobs First
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January 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Why do states INSIST on giving tax breaks for data centers when evidence shows that most of these projects would get built either way? 🤯
Virginia lost $1.6 billion to data center tax breaks in FY 2025, an increase of 2,362% from 2017.
Illinois failed to disclose its data center losses, and Georgia came out with fresh evidence tax breaks don't matter to data center siting decisions.
Our latest: goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
Illinois failed to disclose its data center losses, and Georgia came out with fresh evidence tax breaks don't matter to data center siting decisions.
Our latest: goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
Virginia Tax Revenue Losses to Data Centers Soar to $1.6 Billion for FY25 - Good Jobs First
Virginia Tax Revenue Losses to Data Centers Soar to $1.6 Billion for FY25 - Good Jobs First
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January 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Virginia lost $1.6 billion to data center tax breaks in FY 2025, an increase of 2,362% from 2017.
Illinois failed to disclose its data center losses, and Georgia came out with fresh evidence tax breaks don't matter to data center siting decisions.
Our latest: goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
Illinois failed to disclose its data center losses, and Georgia came out with fresh evidence tax breaks don't matter to data center siting decisions.
Our latest: goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
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The revenue that backs the bonds (which is what makes them attractive to bond buyers) doesn't come directly from stadium-induced consumption, it comes from a dedicated tax revenue stream that was expected to fund other things. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE STADIUM.
January 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The revenue that backs the bonds (which is what makes them attractive to bond buyers) doesn't come directly from stadium-induced consumption, it comes from a dedicated tax revenue stream that was expected to fund other things. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE STADIUM.
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Scheduling Chiefs games every Sunday (52 games) and Taylor Swift concerts every weekday (208 shows) might work, and everyone has Saturdays to support the rest of the economy.
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Scheduling Chiefs games every Sunday (52 games) and Taylor Swift concerts every weekday (208 shows) might work, and everyone has Saturdays to support the rest of the economy.
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To pay off $3B in STAR bonds, all increased future sales and liquor tax proceeds across much of two counties will be siphoned off to pay the Chiefs stadium bill; Kansans across the whole state will bear the cost of replacing that money in the state budget.
Friday roundup: Chiefs stadium to cost all Kansans tax money, Royals up next
I have to figure hardly anyone is reading this here on Christmas weekend, but for those of you who are, here's an abbreviated news roundup, much of it about the proposed Kansas City Chiefs stadium dea...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
To pay off $3B in STAR bonds, all increased future sales and liquor tax proceeds across much of two counties will be siphoned off to pay the Chiefs stadium bill; Kansans across the whole state will bear the cost of replacing that money in the state budget.
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To pay off stadium bonds, Chiefs-related new spending would need to be $2.7B a year — for a team whose total revenue is less than a quarter of that. Each and every Chiefs fan would need to spend an extra $4,000 per game for Kansas to break even.
How Kansas governor claims $4B Chiefs stadium subsidy will cost “no new taxes,” and whether this makes any damn sense
Judging from my email, the proposed Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal with the state of Kansas has set off a wave of cognitive dissonance among sports fans and taxpayers: Gov. Laura Kelly says that the ...
www.fieldofschemes.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
To pay off stadium bonds, Chiefs-related new spending would need to be $2.7B a year — for a team whose total revenue is less than a quarter of that. Each and every Chiefs fan would need to spend an extra $4,000 per game for Kansas to break even.
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Power bills are sky-high, and data centers are to blame, right? Well, yes, but there's something else, upstream of the AI boom: a utility sector beholden to financial interests, resulting in massive corporate profits. I looked into this dynamic for @harpers.bsky.social
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Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills
harpers.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Power bills are sky-high, and data centers are to blame, right? Well, yes, but there's something else, upstream of the AI boom: a utility sector beholden to financial interests, resulting in massive corporate profits. I looked into this dynamic for @harpers.bsky.social
harpers.org/archive/2026...
harpers.org/archive/2026...
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@markgmaurer.bsky.social on how FASB accounting rules lump together data center build outs with more rapidly depreciating chips, making the disclosures difficult to understand.
www.wsj.com/articles/ai-...
www.wsj.com/articles/ai-...
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
@markgmaurer.bsky.social on how FASB accounting rules lump together data center build outs with more rapidly depreciating chips, making the disclosures difficult to understand.
www.wsj.com/articles/ai-...
www.wsj.com/articles/ai-...
"According to research by Good Jobs First, data center tax abatement cost Texas more than $1 billion in 2025...In 2024, Virginia tax exemptions also cost the state $1 billion. At least 10 states lose tax revenue in excess of $100 million per year to data centers..."
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Which States Are Leading the Data Center Race?
AI investment is driving the economy, and states want a share. Here’s a look at where the data centers that do the work of AI are located.
www.governing.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"According to research by Good Jobs First, data center tax abatement cost Texas more than $1 billion in 2025...In 2024, Virginia tax exemptions also cost the state $1 billion. At least 10 states lose tax revenue in excess of $100 million per year to data centers..."
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The Trump administration is adopting policies that will expose workers to ever-more hazardous conditions. And as our new report cited here notes, enforcement of even existing policies drastically dropped in Trump's first nine months.
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Opinion | The MAHA Pipe Dream Is Going to Hurt MAGA the Most
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December 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Trump administration is adopting policies that will expose workers to ever-more hazardous conditions. And as our new report cited here notes, enforcement of even existing policies drastically dropped in Trump's first nine months.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
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🚨Our new analysis reveals that enforcement levels for corporate crime have dropped in 2025🚨
We found drops in enforcement across-
↘️ Labour Market
↘️ Health and Safety
↘️ Fraud
↘️Consumer Protection
↘️ Environment
↘️ Financial
Read more: goodjobsfirst.org/the-state-of...
We found drops in enforcement across-
↘️ Labour Market
↘️ Health and Safety
↘️ Fraud
↘️Consumer Protection
↘️ Environment
↘️ Financial
Read more: goodjobsfirst.org/the-state-of...
The State of UK Regulatory Enforcement in 2025 - Good Jobs First
The State of UK Regulatory Enforcement in 2025 - Good Jobs First
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December 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🚨Our new analysis reveals that enforcement levels for corporate crime have dropped in 2025🚨
We found drops in enforcement across-
↘️ Labour Market
↘️ Health and Safety
↘️ Fraud
↘️Consumer Protection
↘️ Environment
↘️ Financial
Read more: goodjobsfirst.org/the-state-of...
We found drops in enforcement across-
↘️ Labour Market
↘️ Health and Safety
↘️ Fraud
↘️Consumer Protection
↘️ Environment
↘️ Financial
Read more: goodjobsfirst.org/the-state-of...
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The Trump administration is failing to protect workers. The Department of Labor isn't enforcing workers’ rights or fining companies for labor law violations — leaving workers to pay the price ⤵️
NEW ANALYSIS: Federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing wage and workplace safety conditions are taking drastically fewer actions against companies, and proposed rule changes by the administration will give workers even fewer protections. 🧵
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
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Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Trump administration is failing to protect workers. The Department of Labor isn't enforcing workers’ rights or fining companies for labor law violations — leaving workers to pay the price ⤵️
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"Wage and hour penalties have decreased 94% during Trump’s second term; and workplace health and safety penalties have dropped 45%."
NEW ANALYSIS: Federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing wage and workplace safety conditions are taking drastically fewer actions against companies, and proposed rule changes by the administration will give workers even fewer protections. 🧵
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Wage and hour penalties have decreased 94% during Trump’s second term; and workplace health and safety penalties have dropped 45%."
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It matters to workers who is President: @goodjobsfirst.org reports that 2025 has witnessed a dramatic drop in federal enforcement of wage and workplace safety regulations. goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It matters to workers who is President: @goodjobsfirst.org reports that 2025 has witnessed a dramatic drop in federal enforcement of wage and workplace safety regulations. goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
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More evidence of the collapse of federal wage theft enforcement under Trump from @goodjobsfirst.org. See more details at goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
More evidence of the collapse of federal wage theft enforcement under Trump from @goodjobsfirst.org. See more details at goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
NEW ANALYSIS: Federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing wage and workplace safety conditions are taking drastically fewer actions against companies, and proposed rule changes by the administration will give workers even fewer protections. 🧵
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEW ANALYSIS: Federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing wage and workplace safety conditions are taking drastically fewer actions against companies, and proposed rule changes by the administration will give workers even fewer protections. 🧵
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
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🚨 Our latest report with @goodjobsfirst.org reveals that chemical pollution in the UK has reached crisis levels.
The UK must prioritise urgent action to align regulation, increase transparency, and begin transitioning to a PFAS-free circular economy.
Report here ➡️ goodjobsfirst.org/silent-conta...
The UK must prioritise urgent action to align regulation, increase transparency, and begin transitioning to a PFAS-free circular economy.
Report here ➡️ goodjobsfirst.org/silent-conta...
Silent Contamination: The UK’s Chemical Pollution Crisis - Good Jobs First
Silent Contamination: The UK’s Chemical Pollution Crisis - Good Jobs First
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December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🚨 Our latest report with @goodjobsfirst.org reveals that chemical pollution in the UK has reached crisis levels.
The UK must prioritise urgent action to align regulation, increase transparency, and begin transitioning to a PFAS-free circular economy.
Report here ➡️ goodjobsfirst.org/silent-conta...
The UK must prioritise urgent action to align regulation, increase transparency, and begin transitioning to a PFAS-free circular economy.
Report here ➡️ goodjobsfirst.org/silent-conta...
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This report from @goodjobsfirst.org should be a wake-up call for Louisiana. States are handing out massive subsidies to data centers — but almost none are tracking the costs or the outcomes.
📄 Cloudy Data, Costly Deals: goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/u...
This report from @goodjobsfirst.org should be a wake-up call for Louisiana. States are handing out massive subsidies to data centers — but almost none are tracking the costs or the outcomes.
📄 Cloudy Data, Costly Deals: goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/u...
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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This report from @goodjobsfirst.org should be a wake-up call for Louisiana. States are handing out massive subsidies to data centers — but almost none are tracking the costs or the outcomes.
📄 Cloudy Data, Costly Deals: goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/u...
This report from @goodjobsfirst.org should be a wake-up call for Louisiana. States are handing out massive subsidies to data centers — but almost none are tracking the costs or the outcomes.
📄 Cloudy Data, Costly Deals: goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/u...
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NEW ANALYSIS: Tax abatements for developers are costing St. Louis public schools *tens of millions* of dollars every year!
Black, Brown, and working class families are getting hit the hardest 😡
Black, Brown, and working class families are getting hit the hardest 😡
December 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
NEW ANALYSIS: Tax abatements for developers are costing St. Louis public schools *tens of millions* of dollars every year!
Black, Brown, and working class families are getting hit the hardest 😡
Black, Brown, and working class families are getting hit the hardest 😡
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The solution?
Protect our schools from tax abatements, give our families a say-so in the decisions that affect our lives, and STOP all subsidies to data centers.
🔗 Read the full report from @goodjobsfirst.org at GoodJobsFirst.org
#MOworkers
Protect our schools from tax abatements, give our families a say-so in the decisions that affect our lives, and STOP all subsidies to data centers.
🔗 Read the full report from @goodjobsfirst.org at GoodJobsFirst.org
#MOworkers
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Good Jobs First promotes corporate and government accountability in economic development, especially around the use of public subsidies.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The solution?
Protect our schools from tax abatements, give our families a say-so in the decisions that affect our lives, and STOP all subsidies to data centers.
🔗 Read the full report from @goodjobsfirst.org at GoodJobsFirst.org
#MOworkers
Protect our schools from tax abatements, give our families a say-so in the decisions that affect our lives, and STOP all subsidies to data centers.
🔗 Read the full report from @goodjobsfirst.org at GoodJobsFirst.org
#MOworkers
“When federal contractors get state and local tax breaks, we consider that to be double-dipping,” Greg LeRoy told the Investigative Post. “Why should state and local taxpayers make their profit margins bigger?”
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Niagara Falls defense contractor double-dipping on tax subsidies
Niagara Falls-based defense contractor Americarb is getting local tax breaks on top of a state grant and lucrative federal contract.
www.investigativepost.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“When federal contractors get state and local tax breaks, we consider that to be double-dipping,” Greg LeRoy told the Investigative Post. “Why should state and local taxpayers make their profit margins bigger?”
www.investigativepost.org/2025/12/11/a...
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#Instacart users may be paying wildly different prices—on the same groceries—according to a new study.
Here's what to know if you use the online grocery delivery and pickup service.
My latest for @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91458229/wan...
Here's what to know if you use the online grocery delivery and pickup service.
My latest for @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91458229/wan...
Want the same milk and eggs? Instacart might charge you more than your neighbor
Internal emails and a large pricing experiment show how AI is learning what consumers will tolerate at checkout.
www.fastcompany.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#Instacart users may be paying wildly different prices—on the same groceries—according to a new study.
Here's what to know if you use the online grocery delivery and pickup service.
My latest for @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91458229/wan...
Here's what to know if you use the online grocery delivery and pickup service.
My latest for @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91458229/wan...
One company promised 400 high-paying jobs; it delivered 26 jobs that paid an average annual wage of $38,000.
It got the taxpayer subsidy anyway.
#DataCenters
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It got the taxpayer subsidy anyway.
#DataCenters
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Michigan Offers Handouts for Data Centers Promising Jobs. Will Those Jobs Come? | TechPolicy.Press
Nathan Kim and Ira Anwar say current state incentives for data centers reflect a false binary between new jobs and detrimental community impacts.
www.techpolicy.press
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One company promised 400 high-paying jobs; it delivered 26 jobs that paid an average annual wage of $38,000.
It got the taxpayer subsidy anyway.
#DataCenters
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It got the taxpayer subsidy anyway.
#DataCenters
www.techpolicy.press/michigan-off...