Tag: opportunity zones
Elaine Chao: DOT Sending $13.2 Million to Port of Palm Beach
Chao said ports in 15 states and territories will get these funds including the Port of Palm Beach.
Local Officials Want to Raise Taxes to Deal With Racial Tensions–But Not Everyone is...
One idea that is gaining a lot of attention is a gas tax increase. Jacksonville City Councilman Aaron Bowman has started a conversation on the First Coast about raising the gas tax to help raise revenue. He and other elected officials say tax hikes are needed to confront the years of economic abandonment in the black communities.
Marco Rubio Backs Tim Scott’s Proposal to Expand Opportunity Zones
Last week, Scott introduced the Improving and Reinstating the Monitoring, Prevention, Accountability, Certification, and Transparency Provisions of Opportunity Zones (IMPACT) Act with Rubio and Republican U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Todd Young of Indiana, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Cory Gardner of Colorado as cosponsors.
Commerce Department Sends EDA Funds to Build Tampa Bay Innovation Center Incubator
With an additional $4.5 million in local funds, the 45,000 square foot center and is expected to create more than 460 jobs and add an additional $66 million to the local economy.
