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State Enterprise Zones Provide Little Bang for the Buck – The Bay Citizen
A new report questions the logic of granting tax breaks to companies when the state's budget gap is $25 billion

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Democrats Preparing To Fight Anti-Abortion GOPers With Economic Message | TPMDC

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Austin, Texas’ Waste Services Department Meets … Fred Durst? | TPM LiveWire
Austin, Texas is looking for a new name for its Solid Waste Services Department, something that "better reflects all of the services the department provides."

So who better to ask than the good people of Austin — or, better yet, the entire population of the Internet? The department has put it to an online vote, and the leader, by a huge margin is "The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts." The FDSHA has garnered more than 25,000 votes. The runner up, the "Department of Neat and Clean" has just under 2,000 votes. In a distant third is "Ministry of Filth."

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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]

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