House panel hears broad support to extend SmartZone tax capture for 15 years The House Committee on Economic Competiveness heard unified testimony supporting House Bill 5031, which would extend tax-increment capture for existing Michigan SmartZones by 15 years, include satellite SmartZones, and change some mandatory approval language to discretionary; witnesses from local economic development groups cited job creation, investment and continuity risks if extensions lapse.

Michigan's House Committee is pushing to extend the SmartZone tax capture period by 15 years, a move that could safeguard thousands of jobs and billions in investments!

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Tenant farmers’ survival on the brink Tenant farmers are vital to food security. Squeezed by short leases, low returns and a broken supply chain, their future is precarious

Govt announced £2.4bn for farming for 2024/5 in Oct budget.

Govt subsidised a v profitable energy utility industry with £9.1bn - “the money was cleverly dispensed via the public in the form of the £400 winter fuel allowance”

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