We teamed up with @janesartwell.bsky.social at Carolina Public Press to report this, and she did a terrific job digging into the mystery of who was behind the narrowly written provision that benefitted Raytheon:

carolinapublicpress.org/73527/defens...

Some context on why locals in a place like Asheville find it incredible that they need to offer tax deals to the likes of Raytheon to "incentivize" it to set up shop – the company is already flush w/ taxpayer funds and highly profitable

popular.info/p/how-trumps... h/t @stephensemler.bsky.social

The records show the company was able to use a loophole to claim tax refunds for jobs it did not create.

They also show that a narrowly written provision to a Hurricane Helene relief bill allowed it to bypass public comment as it got approval for millions in new grants during the genocide

I have a bunch of records about Lockheed Martin in Cobb County using this arrangement for its second-largest aircraft plant worldwide -- so byzantine to dive into (and that AJC article really helped me get my bearings!)

We've written about changes afoot in the area, including, remarkably, the upset victory of a democratic socialist in a statehouse race to represent the district that includes the entire Lockheed Martin plant: inkstickmedia.com/meet-the-dem...

And now a new generation, motivated by US support for Israel's genocide in Gaza, is also calling on the church to divest from the weapons industry.

They've sent hundreds of postcards directly to the investment manager's office.

inkstickmedia.com/gaza-genocid...

The Tribune cites our exposé, copublished with the Salt Lake City Weekly, dove into the LDS church being a very rare faith-based investor to hold stock in nuclear weapons manufacturers:

inkstickmedia.com/cracks-in-th...

And in a Republican district (MTG)