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6 State job-creation incentives fall short – again

State job-creation incentives fall short – again

Chris Reed December 1, 2017

In February 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration unveiled an Economic Development Initiative to replace an enterprise zone program that had fallen out of favor after nearly three decades. Enterprise zones offered tax incentives to promote the starting of businesses in

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