State tax credits uses debated

The value of state tax credits as economic development tools is up for debate at a public hearing in Cedar Rapids, with proponents and critics offering different tests for determining whether they should be continued.

Dubuque Mayor Roy Buol called state tax credits a "critical tool" in the community’s development, especially its ability to land an IBM service center that is projected to employ 1,300 people with an annual payroll of nearly $60 million.

By JAMES Q. LYNCH, Courier Des Moines Bureau

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