Awarding taxpayer subsidies is ineffective at creating jobs, unfair to businesses that don’t get them and expensive to governments. Worse still, those receiving them need not demonstrate subsidy programs actually work.
MI Corporate Subsidies
An enterprise project from March 2024.
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State board OKs $615M incentive plan for District Detroit
The Michigan Strategic Fund’s 9-1 vote came after more than two hours of public comment on the proposal and several other agenda items before the board.
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Detroit OKs $748M in tax breaks for $1.5B downtown redevelopment
City Council made a series of key votes Tuesday to secure tax incentives for the $1.5 billion District Detroit development project.
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Michigan adds $120 million in incentives for Ford EV megasite near Marshall
The state is offering the automaker over $1 billion in funding as Ford plans a $3.5 billion investment in an electric vehicle battery factory about 20 miles east of Battle Creek.
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Opinion | District Detroit tax breaks will help billionaires not Detroiters
District Detroit is seeking $800 million worth of public subsidies. Billionaires like Ilitch Holdings and Stephan Ross shouldn’t be receiving corporate welfare tax abatements from one of the most impoverished U.S. cities.
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Chinese EV battery factory planned near Big Rapids faces renewed scrutiny
Gotion Inc. plans to break ground this summer, but questions persist about its corporate ties to the Chinese Communist Party and whether the deal presents U.S. security risks. Gotion announced plans last year to build a $2.36 billion factory in Michigan.
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Q&A: Ilitch-Ross developers talk District Detroit jobs, housing, tax breaks
BridgeDetroit asks developers who will benefit from a group of publicly-supported downtown projects.
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5 (mostly) good things to know about Michigan’s progress on EVs
Automakers are racing to increase EV production, and Michigan is trying to get a big piece of it. Here is where the state — and the industry — stand today.
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Ford EV battery plant on Marshall Michigan megasite gets $1B in incentives
Ford Motor Co. fleshed out details on Monday of a battery plant it will build with a Chinese partner on farmland near Marshall. The plant, to employ 2,500, is scheduled to open in 2026.
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Marshall megasite wins Ford EV battery plant project with Chinese partner
The multi-billion-dollar project with Chinese battery giant CATL is touted to produce 2,500 jobs and add to Michigan’s growing share of EV-related development. Virginia had previously rejected the project because of its ties to China.