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DOE Releases Notice of Intent for $60 Million in Fuels and Fertilizer Funding
DOE plans up to $60 million (DE-FOA-0003648) for biointermediate depots, refinery integration, and hydrogen blending pilots. Full …
October 15, 2026
DOE Offers $58 Million for Chemicals From Waste
DOE's ASPECT opportunity (DE-FOA-0003647) offers up to $58 million for chemical technologies that run on biomass and waste. Concep…
September 23, 2026
What Is the New Markets Tax Credit?
The New Markets Tax Credit is now permanent. How the 39 percent credit works, what it can finance, and the $5 billion round with a…
September 22, 2026
EXIM, 48D, and OZ Deadlines Hit December 31
EXIM's charter, the 35% Section 48D credit, and the original Opportunity Zone rules all reset December 31, 2026. What ends and wha…
September 16, 2026
CDFI Fund Opens $5 Billion New Markets Round
The CDFI Fund's $5 billion CY 2026 New Markets Tax Credit round is open to CDEs. Applications are due November 10, 2026, and regis…
September 16, 2026
Mississippi Cuts Income Tax to 3.75% January 1
Mississippi's income tax rate falls to 3.75% on January 1, 2027. H.B. 1's elimination trigger has a misplaced decimal that makes i…
September 16, 2026
Minnesota Gives Data Centers a 35-Year Tax Break
Minnesota's 35-year data center sales tax exemption now carries a $2M-$5M fee and taxable power for operators, with a Dec. 15, 202…
September 15, 2026
DIBC Opens Second Critical Minerals Solicitation
DIBC's RPP-CM-26-02 opens a second critical minerals tranche for indium, magnesium, manganese, and titanium. Phase 1 quad charts a…
September 8, 2026
36 States Elect Governors Who Shape Incentives
Voters in 36 states elect governors Nov. 3, 2026, with 18 open seats. What the races and two ballot measures mean for companies wi…
September 4, 2026
What Is Virginia's Data Center Electricity Tax?
Virginia's $0.011/kWh data center electricity tax took effect July 1, 2026. Who pays, how the $600M cap and refunds work, and what…
September 2, 2026
New Jersey Rescinds $250 Million in AI Tax Credits
New Jersey cut $250 million in unused Next NJ-AI tax credits for AI data center developers, effective Aug. 27, 2026. What remains …
August 28, 2026
Alaska Stalls Tax Cut for $54.5 Billion LNG Project
Alaska's HB 381 would cut taxes on the $54.5 billion Alaska LNG project by about 85%. What sponsors and lenders face before the sp…
August 15, 2026
Indiana Caps Local Data Center Payments at 1%
Indiana HB 1210 caps data center payments to host communities at 1% of the sales tax exempted on electricity, for projects approve…
August 15, 2026
Ohio Freezes $1.57 Billion Data Center Tax Break
Ohio's data center sales tax exemption cost $1.57 billion in 2025. New awards for developers stay frozen until a new governor take…
August 6, 2026
Massachusetts Weighs $100 Million for Defense Tech
Massachusetts' Mass Wins Act holds $100 million in SHIELD defense grants for tech and manufacturing firms. The Senate passed its v…
July 25, 2026
Kentucky Offers $25 Million Per Nuclear Project
Kentucky's SB 57 pays up to one-third of NRC permitting costs for new reactors, capped at $25 million per project. The law took ef…
July 20, 2026
Missouri Revives MODESA, Adds Innovation Zones
Missouri HB 3231 creates Innovation Zones, revives MODESA and adds a 2.5% capital investment credit for companies and cities. Take…
July 14, 2026
North Carolina Approves $337 Million for Development
North Carolina's budget puts $337.1 million into economic development for site selectors and manufacturers and cuts the income tax…
July 8, 2026
What Is Louisiana's High-Impact Jobs Program?
Louisiana's High-Impact Jobs Program pays employers cash grants of 8% to 22% of new-job wages, with $125 million funded for FY2027…
July 2, 2026
Rhode Island Sends $100 Million Bond to Voters
Rhode Island voters decide a $100 million economic development bond on Nov. 3, 2026, for Quonset and I-195 sites. What it means fo…
June 26, 2026
Iowa Offers 15% Wage Credit for Headquarters
Iowa's EDGE program pays companies adding headquarters jobs a refundable credit of up to 15% of new wages, effective July 1, 2026,…
June 12, 2026
Tennessee Adopts First State Fusion Energy Rules
Tennessee's Chapter 0400-20-14 took effect June 9, 2026, the first state licensing framework for fusion machines. What it requires…
June 10, 2026
Illinois Pauses Data Center Incentives
Illinois will stop processing new Data Center Investment Program agreements on July 1, 2026. What it covers, what pending projects…
June 6, 2026
New York Funds $260 Million for Quantum and Chips
New York's enacted FY2027 budget funds all $260M of Hochul's innovation package: quantum, chip design, biotech, and manufacturing …
May 29, 2026