Gambling for jobs
What incentives buy on Mossy Bottom Lot 3
In this tiny Pike County community's industrial park, promises have been made and broken. Land sold cheap and bought back expensive. Jobs created and evaporated.
Gambling for jobs
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GAMBLING FOR JOBS
Incentive money isn't buying much
The second installment of "Gambling for Jobs" in the Herald-Leader today tells about several manufacturers that state economic development officials courted with tax giveaways and subsidies, only to see the businesses close or move without ever creating the jobs they'd promised.
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GAMBLING FOR JOBS
Behind this series
John Stamper has been a reporter for the Herald- Leader since 2000, when he graduated from Western Kentucky University. He writes about growth and development issues for the paper.
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GAMBLING FOR JOBS
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The officials with influence over Kentucky’s economic development policies include:
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GAMBLING FOR JOBS
Palumbo to hold hearings on incentives
State Rep. Ruth Ann Palumbo said she will hold hearings to examine whether the state benefits from tax-incentive programs that give millions to businesses. Palumbo, D-Lexington, chairs the House Economic Development Committee.
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GAMBLING FOR JOBS
Wolfe County is growing its own
On the edge of Appalachia, where the Clifty Wilderness begins and a long, twisting road ends, is an unlikely scene.
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Wanted: New strategies
After pursuing essentially the same jobcreation strategy for more than a decade, Kentucky has little to show for its efforts.
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UK has specific goals it wants to reach
UK’s Top 20 business plan asks for additional funding of between $15 million and $23 million a year in order to meet these goals by 2020:
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Arizona went up, Kentucky down
The University of Kentucky and the University of Arizona have a lot in common. Two large state universities, they are struggling against state budget cuts and a history of educational inertia, striving to achieve national prominence.
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