The Ohio tract where a planned Intel computer-chip factory, lured by state grants and tax credits, is expected to create thousands of jobs.
States and cities, flush with pandemic-stimulus cash, are ramping up their pursuit of new jobs by showering companies with big tax breaks.
States and local governments, including in Georgia, Michigan and West Virginia, agreed to give out at least $1 billion in subsidies eight times in 2022, according to an analysis from Good Jobs First, a nonprofit research group that is often critical of subsidies.
These tax breaks, cash grants and other incentives went to companies in return for opening a factory.