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[Good Jobs First @GoodJobsFirst]

NEW: At least 10 states lose over $100 million per year in tax revenue to data centers. The loss of revenue is surely worse than we can yet document — of the 32 states with data center tax incentives, 12 fail to disclose even *aggregate* revenue losses. 👇🏾
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“Every dollar we subsidize a big tech company is a dollar we can’t put into public schools,” Good Jobs First's Anthony Elmo told @KTSMtv.

Over the next two years, Texas is expected to lose over $3 billion to data center tax breaks.
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Learn more about Violation Tracker Global, our database tracking corporate misconduct around the world, from its creator, Good Jobs First's Phil Mattera.
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“Every dollar we subsidize a big tech company is a dollar we can’t put into public schools,” Good Jobs First's Anthony Elmo told @KTSMtv.

Over the next two years, Texas is expected to lose over $3 billion to data center tax breaks.
https://t.co/vjfrKz9q6q

[KTSM 9 News @KTSMtv]

El Paso ISD trustees consider a plan to address a $52.8 million deficit, potentially leading to 410 job cuts. The proposal, aimed at financial stabilization, could be voted on Thursday.

More: https://t.co/AmVYslpH5e

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“Ultimately, it isn’t a good idea to allow a billionaire corporation to build and profit from a stadium without paying property taxes on it,” Good Jobs First's Kristan Wong Karinen told the @chicagotribune.

There are no exceptions.
https://t.co/ABcxI9gAKK

[Ohio River Valley Institute @O_R_V_I]

"Hearing backlash from residents, cities and counties across the country in recent weeks have blocked planned data centers amid concerns over rising electricity prices and environmental harms." https://t.co/5zK9fGKYWV

[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

Earlier this year, @CapitolKVD warned about the ways private equity harms college athletic departments — from salary & staff cuts, to pared-down physical therapy, and more.

Now, following a private equity deal, the University of Utah is beginning a process to lay off employees.

[Good Jobs First @GoodJobsFirst]

At least for now, the owners of the Chicago Bears and other wealthy owners/developers have been blocked from getting the massive tax breaks they tried to score.
https://t.co/6WxeeGjopf

[Good Jobs First @GoodJobsFirst]

It's bad enough the wealthy owners of the Chicago Bears want taxpayers to help gold-plate their stadium, but doing so would give just about every other huge project massive, decades-long tax breaks.
Our latest, with @iteptweets, for @CrainsChicago:
https://t.co/zqcsLnGSwC

[Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell]

Democrats are talking about the soaring electricity prices and a broken utility system — but so far none have had the guts to attack the underlying issue. "No politicians or candidates yet have talked about breaking up the monopolies themselves," writes @johnffarrell in @Capitol_Forum

[Alex Almanza @AlexAlmanzaWTHR]

Prying open the books | 13News and @GoodJobsFirst pressed Indiana for answers on data center tax breaks the public couldn’t see.

What we found: Hundreds of millions in reported state sales tax exemptions.

My investigation here: https://t.co/5ZV1Vc7EhZ

#datacenters #Indiana

[Good Jobs First @GoodJobsFirst]

Ohio is the newest member of the billion-dollar subsidy club, alongside Georgia, Texas, and Virginia.

Shout-out to @SignalOhio for breaking the Ohio news, which led to the governor pausing new data center tax breaks.
https://t.co/8oDhGWYdWY

[Jake Zuckerman @jake_zuckerman]

If I may just post a screenshot of an article I'm proud to have written last week:
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“These numbers confirm that lawmakers were working with wildly inaccurate information,” said @PolicyMattersOH's Zach Schiller. “Forecasts weren’t just off, they missed the mark by more than a billion dollars, undermining...public trust.”
https://t.co/8oDhGWYdWY

[Violation Tracker UK @VT__UK]

New to Violation Tracker UK? Why not read this Q+A with director Phil Mattera on Critical Takes on Corporate Power 👉https://t.co/2KxZDXsqw5

[Good Jobs First @GoodJobsFirst]

Ohio "gave up almost $1.57 billion in sales-tax revenue on purchases of data center equipment and construction materials last year...And that doesn’t include the value of local sales-tax breaks for data center projects — which totaled $446.3 million last year..."

[Michelle Jarboe @mjarboe]

A Northeast Ohio lawmaker is calling for the immediate elimination of Ohio’s sales-tax break for data centers, citing separate reporting by @WEWS and @SignalOhio on forgone revenue. Here's a look at the numbers, which show how fast the industry is growing.https://t.co/UAYD9MoiaG

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"This is the worst tax break in Ohio history," said Ohio State Sen. Kent Smith, referring to the nearly $1.6 billion data center tax breaks cost residents in lost revenue.
https://t.co/4HYO2HLm5O

[Good Jobs First @GoodJobsFirst]

Also now inside Violation Tracker, our database chronicling corporate misconduct:
🔴Monsanto settled for $108m with the Michigan AG for PCB violations—the 10th state to do so for a total of over $1.3b paid since 2020.
Explore Monsanto's troubled history:
https://t.co/M9uM1z2sic

[Good Jobs First @GoodJobsFirst]

We just updated Violation Tracker. New entries includes:
🔴The companies behind the 2024 M/V Dali collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge - Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Pte Ltd - ordered to pay $2.25b.
Six workers lost their lives:
https://t.co/RGgZw4VL7H

[J.C. Bradbury @jc_bradbury]

@JWMediaDC This was the original justification used to build public stadiums in the mid-20th century, so it was one of the first things economists studied (eg, Baade, Hudson, Coates & Humphreys). They found no support for this conjecture. None. https://t.co/PzFjn9vQ0P

[Lee Hepner @LeeHepner]

Before there was “hipster antitrust,”there was Courtney Love in 1999.

[ITEP @iteptweets]

Jeff Bezos said “we have way too much corporate welfare, way too much corporate subsidies.”

Last year Amazon received $17.5 billion in tax subsidies.

That’s about 10% of all federal income tax subsidies for publicly traded corporations in 2025. https://t.co/HEAUNKewsg