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Investigations: Corporate Subsidies

THE TAR HEEL CORPORATE INCENTIVES HUSTLE

September 2005

Cash-strapped towns and counties in North Carolina are spending hundreds of millions of tax dollars in corporate give-aways. But is it delivering economic prosperity?

Read the special investigative report by Jordan Green jointly published by Southern Exposure and YES! Weekly

Related News: Read "The Great N.C. Jobs Scam" by Chris Kromm (Independent Weekly, Aug. 3, 2005)

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