Quality Jobs program pays out $54 million amid budget crunch

 
BY PAUL MONIES
Published: November 14, 2010

Oklahoma 's longtime economic development incentive for creating jobs paid $54 million in cash rebates to companies last year despite the state's budget crunch.

But economic development officials and some economists say that was money well spent for the Quality Jobs program, which began in 1994 and has been copied in other states.

Under the program, companies can receive quarterly cash rebates of up to 6 pe...


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