Data-center tax break stalls amid labor and environmental concerns; juvenile rehabilitation, public defense and education funding to return next session Leaders said a data-center tax-break bill failed to gather enough votes out of Ways and Means after pressure from labor and industry; they flagged juvenile rehabilitation, public-defense funding and education funding formulas as unfinished items for the next session.

The ambitious data-center tax-break bill has stalled due to fierce labor concerns and competing interests, leaving critical issues like juvenile rehabilitation and public defense on the legislative cutting room floor.

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ERB weighs environmental tradeoffs for Science of the Soul’s proposed event parking The ERB examined a special‑permit request from Science of the Soul to convert 11 acres into event parking (proposed capacity ~936 cars) and asked for wetland delineation, clean‑fill protocols, truck‑route and noise mitigation, floodplain compensation and limits on post‑construction use.

The Goshen ERB is facing tough decisions on transforming a wet field into a massive event parking lot—can they balance community needs with environmental concerns?

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