Tax Credits

NEWTON, Iowa — From a wind-power factory in this battleground state, President Obama urged Congress to extend tax credits he said would save jobs in the field of clean-energy production. Obama said continuing the production tax credit would save...

A simmering flap over the state of the state's business climate showed signs of boiling over Thursday as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's top economic development official issued a statement rebuking a University of Connecticut report that painted a bleak picture....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios...

SAN JOSE — After a morning of closed-door campaigning here Thursday, President Obama plans to talk about tax credits for clean energy production during a visit to Iowa. As he focuses on his administration’s efforts to boost job creation,...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders worked out a budget agreement Wednesday that would allow for a small cut in individual income taxes, twice as much money for film credits, a slight increase in education...

Kristina Suson's home wasn't part of the city's tax sale Monday, but it was a close call. Baltimore places liens on properties for unpaid property taxes, water bills and other municipal debts, then puts the liens up for auction every spring —...

The plan to turn the closed St. Stanislaus Church in south Bethlehem into an artist colony suffered a setback when the nonprofit developer didn't win the tax credits "critical" to the project. Michael Carper, president and CEO of Housing Development...

As California lawmakers mull whether to extend funding for the state's film tax credit program, rival New York City is crowing about having another record year for TV production. New York City Film Commissioner Katherine Oliver said the city was on track...

Amid mounting evidence that rival states are chipping away at California’s movie and TV production business, a coalition of entertainment unions and film industry officials is renewing a push to provide long-term funding for California’s...

Apathy – What will it take? Please consider the following and the costs to the taxpayers and our children and grandchildren. Forty four million folks on food stamps. Up by many millions in the past three years! Sandra Fluke, grad student at...

Amid mounting evidence that rival states are chipping away at California's movie and TV production business, a coalition of entertainment unions and film industry officials is renewing a push to provide long-term funding for California's popular film...

A carefully choreographed strategy to raise state income taxes to stave off so-called doomsday budget cuts faces a challenge in the General Assembly after several Democrats defied party leaders with a proposal to raise the sales tax instead. The...