Job cuts to cost Motorola tax credits

Aug. 14, 2012
Google Inc.'s plan to cut more than 700 jobs at Motorola Mobility's operations in Illinois means the company will lose the tax credits it receives from the state.The Illinois jobs are among 4,000 job cuts Google announced at the struggling cellphone company Monday.Earlier

Act locally, think Broadway

Mar. 2, 2012
Listen to Jonathan Abarbanel and Kelly Kleiman discuss tax breaks for theaters on Eight Forty-Eight, and Chicago Fusion Theatre's 'Las Hermanas Padillas'

Navistar layoffs add to doubts about state incentives

Dec. 23, 2011
Sears Holdings Corp. and Chicago’s financial exchanges have quit threatening to pull up stakes now that Illinois has enacted tax breaks for them. But it remains unclear whether state incentives to big companies are wise uses of economic-development resources.

Jackson prods Obama on job creation

Sep. 6, 2011
As President Obama gears up for a Thursday speech before Congress about his jobs agenda, a civil rights leader in his hometown is urging him to focus on proposing massive investment in construction projects.With official unemployment hovering above 9 percent, the president is expected to propose tra

Incentives for energy efficiency

Jan. 13, 2011
The old plastic and tape approach isn’t the only way to bring down energy costs. Over the last few years government agencies have been providing incentives to consumers willing to do energy upgrades on their homes.