Tag Archives: Department of Economic Development

State incentives to Baxter could top $126 million

Baxter International was promised a package of incentives that could be worth more than $126.5 million in return for agreeing to locate a manufacturing facility in Georgia . . .

Tags: Baxter International , Caterpillar , Department of Economic Development , financial incentives , jobs tax credits , Kia Motors , manufacturing facility , tax exemptions

‘Open records’ law will keep a lot of documents secret

The revision of the state’s open records law will make a lot of government records anything but open . . .

Tags: Chris Cummiskey , David Hudson , Department of Economic Development , financial incentives , Georgia Press Association , Nathan Deal , open records , Robert Williams , Shawn McIntosh

Political Notes – Lawmaker is ‘afraid’ of Romney’s Mormonism

One of Georgia’s GOP legislators confesses that she is “afraid” of the Mormon beliefs of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney . . .

Tags: Department of Economic Development , Georgia Senate race , Judy Manning , Mitt Romney , Mormons