SB 5720 allows local governments to use tax increment financing as a way to pay for improvements in streets, sidewalks, sewers and other areas necessary to promote private development and job creation. SB 5897 opens the door to new trade markets overseas. It allocates money the Department of Agriculture and industry can use to hire an international contractor to scout for potential markets. This industry is huge. Farmers, food processors, and companies that provide services to the agriculture industry as a whole could all lose out.
Jobs are at stake.
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