Amazon’s Pivot Raises Scrutiny of Incentive Deals
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 15, 2019–Valerie Bauerlein, Kate King, Cameron McWhirter (subscription)
The collapse of Amazon.com Inc.’s plan to build a second headquarters in New York City has the potential to damp some states’ willingness to offer tax breaks. Spurred by Amazon’s second-headquarters selection process, politicians and groups long opposed to incentive packages have launched legislative efforts to prohibit them in some states.
