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

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By Kim Jarrett Verified, Johnny Edwards
| West Kentucky Star Verified
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. In the past eight years, the state gave approximately 570 companies almost $758 million in tax dollars under the FastTrack grant program. That's $100 per Tennessee resident. Many deals went bust.
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Tennessee's $30M subsidy to Starbucks puts clawback record under scrutiny

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By Johnny Edwards
| Johnson City Press Verified
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Tennessee's $30M subsidy to Starbucks puts clawback record under scrutiny

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By Kim Jarrett Verified, Johnny Edwards
| WTVC-TV ABC (Chattanooga, TN) Verified
(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. In the past eight years, the state gave approximately 570 companies almost $758 million in tax dollars under the FastTrack grant program. That's $100 per Tennessee resident. Many deals went bust.
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