The Indiana State Capitol in Indianapolis. Source: Leonid Andronov via Canva Editor’s note: This post has been corrected to reflect Indiana taxpayers lost $655 million between 2019-2025, and Amazon ...

Violation Tracker is the largest UK database of corporate regulatory infringements – essentially, it records cases where regulators say companies haven’t followed the rules. After learning about the ...

A recent column in The Virginian-Pilot argues that Virginia must preserve its data center tax breaks to protect the state’s “competitive edge.” But if lawmakers stop subsidizing some of the world’s ...

Your tax dollars move fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss where it went—and more importantly, who got it. Here are a few recent stories, analyses, and deals that ...

In the pages on each state and the District of Columbia reached by clicking on the map below, you will find essential information on subsidy practices and controversies. Each page contains: A brief ...

District of Columbia is the political equivalent of a city, a county, and a state all in one. That means it controls all types of tax revenues: property, income, sales, and others, often abating or ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new analysis from Good Jobs First finds that state and local governments are losing tax revenue to data center subsidies at an unprecedented rate, with costs rising sharply in ...

Aerial view of an Ashburn, Virginia data center. Photo Credit: Gerville via iStock. Washington, DC — Ten states already lose more than $100 million per year to data center tax abatements. Texas loses ...

Aerial view of an Ashburn, Virginia data center. Photo Credit: Gerville via iStock. By the time the public learns about a proposed data center, it’s often too late. That’s why it’s so important for ...

Georgia is expected to lose $2.5 billion to data center sales tax exemptions in fiscal year 2026, according to the state’s just-updated fiscal projections. That’s 664% higher than state’s previous ...

Thames Water, Britain’s largest water supplier, is on the verge of financial collapse. With billions in debt, deteriorating infrastructure, and ongoing pollution scandals, the company has become a ...

Washington, D.C. — In a megadeal spending spree like no other in U.S. history, states and localities have awarded more than $13.8 billion in economic development subsidies to at least 51 electric ...