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Texas’ Largest Corporate Welfare Program Is Leaving Companies Flush and School Districts Broke

KWBU | By Texas Standard
Published May 13, 2021 at 4:03 PM CDT
Justin Miller
Nowhere are Chapter 313 agreements more prolific than in the state’s Gulf Coast region.";

The state’s Chapter 313 program offers steep discounts on property taxes to attract big industrial projects that are supposed to pay off over the long term. But by the time these projects return to the tax rolls, much of that value has disappeared.
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