Tax breaks for wind power mean little new revenue for rural schools
Wind turbine companies “have lobbied for low or non-existent property taxes and steep depreciation schedules,” meaning little new revenue for rural school districts from the giant windmills that dot the Midwest and Plains, says the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Flatland, a part of Kansas City PBS. In an introduction to four stories about… » Read More
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