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Tennessee owed millions after companies fail to deliver in cash-for-jobs program

  • By Johnny Edwards and Kim Jarrett | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Millions of taxpayer dollars have slipped through Tennessee’s fingers in an economic development program that pays huge cash grants to private companies promising new jobs, state data reviewed by The Center Square shows.

Tennessee's $30M subsidy to Starbucks puts clawback record under scrutiny
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Tennessee's $30M subsidy to Starbucks puts clawback record under scrutiny

  • By Kim Jarrett and Johnny Edwards | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Tennessee taxpayers are handing $30 million to Starbucks to open new corporate offices in the state. But at least 70 times, companies that promised to create jobs in exchange for government subsidies haven't held up their end of the bargain, The Center Square found.Â