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Desperation Town

How Youngstown Gave Itself Away for the Promise of Jobs

The Business Journal and ProPublica are investigating how Ohio’s Mahoning Valley has used financial incentives in hopes of an economic comeback in the heart of the Rust Belt.

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Desperation Town

The City That Pinned Its Renewal on a Self-Chilling Beverage Can Wants Its Money Back

A company promised to create 237 jobs making the first ever self-chilling beverage can, winning big public subsidies in return. Four years later, there are no jobs and you still put your beer in the fridge. The city may demand the subsidies back.

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

Local Reporting Network

Ohio Just Ordered GM to Repay $28 Million in Tax Breaks for Closing the Lordstown Auto Plant

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

Republicans and Democrats Agree: GM Should Pay Back the Taxpayers of Ohio

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

GM Closed the Lordstown Auto Plant. Now Ohio May Force a $60 Million Repayment.

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

We Reported on Corporate Tax Breaks in the Rust Belt. Now Officials Want Tougher Enforcement.

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

These Companies Got Millions in Tax Breaks to Bring Jobs to Youngstown. They Created Next to None.

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

Why a Struggling Rust Belt City Pinned Its Revival on a Self-Chilling Beverage Can

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,