States Poised to Gain Trove of Long-Sought Opportunity Zone Data

President Donald Trump’s tax and domestic spending law promises a mountain of information long-sought by states about where money from a federal program offering tax breaks on capital gains to invest in economically distressed census tracts is actually going.

States have long wanted access to the more detailed data required under the new bill to better assess the program’s benefits, as well as whether it was worth giving up tax revenue to support it. The additional information will also please broader critics of the program who have said ...