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Article: Jobs act just gets complex: House, Senate squabble over measure's add-ons.
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- Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2007
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Byline: Jason Rosenbaum
May 6--JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri House and Senate seem to be at loggerheads over an economic development bill that has been loaded with tax breaks for various special interest groups.
Rep. Ron Richard's legislation started off as an expansion of the state's Quality Jobs Act, which allows employers to recapture part of their withholdings if they pay at least 100 percent of the county's average wage and provide health insurance to employees.
Over time, the bill's initial purpose wasn overtaken, and it now is slated to provide tax credits for development in cities, exemptions for beef ranchers and incentives for movie ...