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Good Jobs First has since 1998 been a leading watchdog on economic development subsidies. We also expose corporate crimes.
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Good Jobs First @goodjobsfirst.org · 18d
NEW ANALYSIS: Federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing wage and workplace safety conditions are taking drastically fewer actions against companies, and proposed rule changes by the administration will give workers even fewer protections. 🧵
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Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
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Power bills are sky-high, and data centers are to blame, right? Well, yes, but there's something else, upstream of the AI boom: a utility sector beholden to financial interests, resulting in massive corporate profits. I looked into this dynamic for @harpers.bsky.social

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Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills
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December 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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@markgmaurer.bsky.social on how FASB accounting rules lump together data center build outs with more rapidly depreciating chips, making the disclosures difficult to understand.

www.wsj.com/articles/ai-...
The debate over the longevity of AI chips comes as many tech companies in recent years have said they expect their servers and network equipment to last longer without replacing or discarding them. Replacing the equipment less frequently helps preserve cash flows. It also reduces depreciation expense and increases reported profit, sometimes by hundreds of millions of dollars. Companies include their AI spending in total figures on capital expenditures and property, plant and equipment that they are required to provide in their financial statements. They must report capex on assets not yet in service and include them in their total PPE capex, but aren’t specifically required to break these expenditures out separately. Accounting rules also generally require companies to disclose balances of major classes of depreciable assets. The construction-in-progress account, which is immune to depreciation, holds all the costs for a fixed asset until it is ready for use. Companies then move the individual costs to building, machinery or another specific PPE category.
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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"According to research by Good Jobs First, data center tax abatement cost Texas more than $1 billion in 2025...In 2024, Virginia tax exemptions also cost the state $1 billion. At least 10 states lose tax revenue in excess of $100 million per year to data centers..."
www.governing.com/map-of-the-d...
Which States Are Leading the Data Center Race?
AI investment is driving the economy, and states want a share. Here’s a look at where the data centers that do the work of AI are located.
www.governing.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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The Trump administration is adopting policies that will expose workers to ever-more hazardous conditions. And as our new report cited here notes, enforcement of even existing policies drastically dropped in Trump's first nine months.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
Opinion | The MAHA Pipe Dream Is Going to Hurt MAGA the Most
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December 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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violationtrackeruk.bsky.social
🚨Our new analysis reveals that enforcement levels for corporate crime have dropped in 2025🚨

We found drops in enforcement across-
↘️ Labour Market
↘️ Health and Safety
↘️ Fraud
↘️Consumer Protection
↘️ Environment
↘️ Financial

Read more: goodjobsfirst.org/the-state-of...
The State of UK Regulatory Enforcement in 2025 - Good Jobs First
The State of UK Regulatory Enforcement in 2025 - Good Jobs First
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December 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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The Trump administration is failing to protect workers. The Department of Labor isn't enforcing workers’ rights or fining companies for labor law violations — leaving workers to pay the price ⤵️
goodjobsfirst.org Good Jobs First @goodjobsfirst.org · 18d
NEW ANALYSIS: Federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing wage and workplace safety conditions are taking drastically fewer actions against companies, and proposed rule changes by the administration will give workers even fewer protections. 🧵
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
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December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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"Wage and hour penalties have decreased 94% during Trump’s second term; and workplace health and safety penalties have dropped 45%."
goodjobsfirst.org Good Jobs First @goodjobsfirst.org · 18d
NEW ANALYSIS: Federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing wage and workplace safety conditions are taking drastically fewer actions against companies, and proposed rule changes by the administration will give workers even fewer protections. 🧵
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
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December 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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It matters to workers who is President: @goodjobsfirst.org reports that 2025 has witnessed a dramatic drop in federal enforcement of wage and workplace safety regulations. goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
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December 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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More evidence of the collapse of federal wage theft enforcement under Trump from @goodjobsfirst.org. See more details at goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Trump DOL levied 95% fewer penalties per month (in constant dollars) than under Obama ($26 million per month under Obama vs. 1.3 million per month under Trump).
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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NEW ANALYSIS: Federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing wage and workplace safety conditions are taking drastically fewer actions against companies, and proposed rule changes by the administration will give workers even fewer protections. 🧵
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
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December 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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🚨 Our latest report with @goodjobsfirst.org reveals that chemical pollution in the UK has reached crisis levels.
The UK must prioritise urgent action to align regulation, increase transparency, and begin transitioning to a PFAS-free circular economy.

Report here ➡️ goodjobsfirst.org/silent-conta...
Silent Contamination: The UK’s Chemical Pollution Crisis - Good Jobs First
Silent Contamination: The UK’s Chemical Pollution Crisis - Good Jobs First
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December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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This report from @goodjobsfirst.org should be a wake-up call for Louisiana. States are handing out massive subsidies to data centers — but almost none are tracking the costs or the outcomes.

📄 Cloudy Data, Costly Deals: goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/u...
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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NEW ANALYSIS: Tax abatements for developers are costing St. Louis public schools *tens of millions* of dollars every year!

Black, Brown, and working class families are getting hit the hardest 😡
December 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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The solution?

Protect our schools from tax abatements, give our families a say-so in the decisions that affect our lives, and STOP all subsidies to data centers.

🔗 Read the full report from @goodjobsfirst.org at GoodJobsFirst.org

#MOworkers
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December 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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“When federal contractors get state and local tax breaks, we consider that to be double-dipping,” Greg LeRoy told the Investigative Post. “Why should state and local taxpayers make their profit margins bigger?”
www.investigativepost.org/2025/12/11/a...
Niagara Falls defense contractor double-dipping on tax subsidies
Niagara Falls-based defense contractor Americarb is getting local tax breaks on top of a state grant and lucrative federal contract.
www.investigativepost.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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jennifermattson.bsky.social
#Instacart users may be paying wildly different prices—on the same groceries—according to a new study.
Here's what to know if you use the online grocery delivery and pickup service.

My latest for @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91458229/wan...
Want the same milk and eggs? Instacart might charge you more than your neighbor
Internal emails and a large pricing experiment show how AI is learning what consumers will tolerate at checkout.
www.fastcompany.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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One company promised 400 high-paying jobs; it delivered 26 jobs that paid an average annual wage of $38,000.
It got the taxpayer subsidy anyway.
#DataCenters
www.techpolicy.press/michigan-off...
Michigan Offers Handouts for Data Centers Promising Jobs. Will Those Jobs Come? | TechPolicy.Press
Nathan Kim and Ira Anwar say current state incentives for data centers reflect a false binary between new jobs and detrimental community impacts.
www.techpolicy.press
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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One company promised 400 high-paying jobs; it delivered 26 jobs that paid an average annual wage of $38,000.
It got the taxpayer subsidy anyway.
www.techpolicy.press/michigan-off...
Michigan Offers Handouts for Data Centers Promising Jobs. Will Those Jobs Come? | TechPolicy.Press
Nathan Kim and Ira Anwar say current state incentives for data centers reflect a false binary between new jobs and detrimental community impacts.
www.techpolicy.press
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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gconnolly314.bsky.social
Just released! @goodjobsfirst.org report on revenue lost to tax breaks in the STL area.
Updated with 2024 data.
#ACFR2024

“We say: shield school taxes from abatements, give districts a say on TIFs, and curb data-center subsidies.”

#EndSubsidySecrecy
#WhatOurStudentsLose
#IncentiveReform
goodjobsfirst.org Good Jobs First @goodjobsfirst.org · 24d
NEW ANALYSIS: St. Louis-area tax abatements, especially TIF, have cost public schools $380M in 8 yrs.
Losses have grown significantly. In FY 24, it hit $70M.
We say: shield school taxes from abatements, give districts a say on TIFs, and curb data-center subsidies.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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NEW ANALYSIS: St. Louis-area tax abatements, especially TIF, have cost public schools $380M in 8 yrs.
Losses have grown significantly. In FY 24, it hit $70M.
We say: shield school taxes from abatements, give districts a say on TIFs, and curb data-center subsidies.
goodjobsfirst.org/increasing-s...
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Meet our longtime researcher Kasia Tarczynska, whose passion for fair, community-led economic development drives her work. From rural Poland to Chicago to D.C., she’s spent years exposing how corporate subsidies drain money from schools and communities.
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5 Questions with Kasia Tarczynska: Tackling Subsidies, One Program at a Time - Good Jobs First
5 Questions with Kasia Tarczynska: Tackling Subsidies, One Program at a Time - Good Jobs First
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December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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ddayen.bsky.social
We too often look at prices when talking about affordability & not enough at wages. As Harold Meyerson explains, had the bottom 90% earned the same share of national income they did in 1975, by 2023 they would have made an additional $79 trillion!
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The $79 Trillion Heist - The American Prospect
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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stacyfmitchell.bsky.social
12. The reality can be seen in the data: In Berkeley County, WV, the schools spent $1.3 million with Amazon — and only $142 went to in-state sellers. The vast majority of the district’s spending went to Amazon itself or to overseas vendors.
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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stacyfmitchell.bsky.social
4. Amazon’s pricing algorithms continuously adjust what governments pay. The result is wild swings: one city bought a 12-pack of Sharpie markers for $8.99. A nearby school district paid $28.63 for the same pack that same day. Our data contain thousands of these examples.
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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stacyfmitchell.bsky.social
1. Amazon has become a major force in how cities, counties & schools buy basic supplies. Our new report finds Amazon is using opaque pricing algorithms to drive up costs and eliminate transparency—while harming competition by pushing out better-performing independent suppliers.
Turning Public Money into Amazon’s Profits | Independent Business
Amazon has quietly captured a growing share of government purchasing. This major report explains how, and what to do about it.
ilsr.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM