Three years ago, the Post-Dispatch's Virginia Young exposed the truth about the state's top job-recruitment tool. As Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, and the Republican-led legislature were trying to raise the cap on how much money the state would commit to the economic development program known as Quality Jobs, Ms. Young pointed out that the numbers in the program, which always has had bipartisan support, were inflated.
WHAT OTHERS SAY: Nixon, Schweich should take lead in fixing tax credit system
Monday, July 9, 2012 | 7:31 p.m. CDT
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