This week in state tax news: Texas and the small city of Taylor swapped big tax breaks for a big Samsung chip plant, San Francisco building owners seek huge tax breaks in pandemic-transformed downtown, Florida’s governor hopes to eliminate the gasoline tax, and South Dakota’s high court kills the voter-approved marijuana legalization.
What is a $17 billion high-tech plant bringing 2,000 jobs worth to state and local policy makers?
Apparently a great deal. The state of Texas and the tiny city of Taylor, 30 miles north of Austin, proved the point Tuesday in announcing they would ...