Will Ramirez

Most Opportunity Zone news this year has been about the map — the permanent program and the new decennial round of zone designations. In September, the focus shifted to something …

States increasingly tailor incentives to specific industries, and Louisiana has built a new framework for aerospace. A package of aerospace incentives enacted earlier in 2026 reached a key milestone on …

Big semiconductor projects need trained workers as much as they need buildings, and states racing to land fabs are increasingly funding the talent pipeline. In July 2026, New York launched …

For two decades, Texas’s Chapter 313 program was the state’s primary tool for landing big capital projects. When it expired at the end of 2022, lawmakers replaced it with the …

Texas is a national leader in semiconductor manufacturing, and the state is spending heavily to keep it that way. Its primary tool is a grant fund that, three years in, …

The federal Opportunity Zone incentive was made permanent in 2025, and with that permanence came a new, recurring step: every ten years, states nominate a fresh map of Opportunity Zone …

State economic-development agencies increasingly use targeted grants to help businesses cut energy costs and emissions. In late August 2026, New Jersey updated two such programs — one aimed at electric-vehicle …

States continue to build out their own housing and redevelopment incentives to complement federal programs and address local needs. In July 2026, Michigan enacted a package that created a significant …

Federal tax policy rarely speaks directly to where a company builds, but the 2025 tax law included a provision that does exactly that — a temporary, elective deduction aimed squarely …

For years, Delaware was one of the few states without a dedicated film or media production incentive, watching productions and the spending that comes with them flow to neighboring states …