Tag: incentive

Trained police candidates to get hiring incentive boost

Jun. 13—An incentive pay increase could help attract trained recruits and curb staff shortages in the Muskogee Police Department, officials say. At a special meeting Monday, Muskogee City Council members approved a $15,000 hiring incentive for police candidates certified through the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, an agency that trains people for law […]

Incentive plan approved to keep GreenPoint Ag in city

Jun. 5—An incentive plan from the city received approval Monday night, and GreenPoint Ag Holdings LLC, a wholesale and retail agronomy company announced it will continue with its plan to keep its headquarters in Decatur and move it to downtown. The City Council voted 4-1 to approve the incentive plan that provides the parking spaces […]

COhatch requests tax incentive from Hamilton for downtown project

May 13—Hamilton City Council will consider later this month a tax incentive for what would be the city’s second coworking facility in downtown. COhatch has requested a 50% property tax abatement for 10 years on its renovation of the former historic Second National Bank Building at 219 High St. The restoration and renovation project of […]

Has Kansas’ relocation incentive program successfully attracted residents to rural areas?

In our Reality Check stories, Wichita Eagle journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Story idea? tips@wichitaeagle.com. Since 2012, a number of Kansas counties have offered tempting financial incentives for relocation to boost local economies and combat declining population. The program, operating in 95 of the 105 counties in the state, advertises […]

Textile company sets sights on Kings Mountain with proposed 3 year incentive

A new textile company has its sights set on Kings Mountain, according to our news partner at the Shelby Star. MORE: Solar cell manufacturing facility passes procedural hurdle despite neighbors’ concerns City officials plan to hold a public meeting next month to discuss a new, possible economic development project. Matt Blackwell, a member of development […]

NYC’s Delinquent Property Taxes Soar Without Incentive to Pay

(Bloomberg) — More New Yorkers have stopped paying their property taxes — a troubling trend since the onset of the pandemic that city officials attribute to the end of a tax-lien sales program that punishes delinquency. Most Read from Bloomberg Overdue property taxes are forecast to reach its highest level ever, jumping by over 30% […]

Why a company is offering staff a $75,000 incentive to have children

Seoul — South Korea’s overall birth rate hit a record low of 0.72 in 2023, and with that figure projected to fall even further in 2024, some Korean businesses have started offering remarkably generous incentives to convince their workers to become parents. “The declining fertility rate leads to a decline in the workforce and purchasing power […]

Willard Airport presents incentive plan to MTD

Mar. 28—SAVOY — As in-person meetings with airlines approach, public entities have pledged a total of $660,000 in funding commitments for Willard Airport’s effort to attract leisure service to new destinations. Representatives from the airport met with the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District Board on Wednesday to discuss their minimum revenue guarantee project. No action was […]