BERKELEY 鈥 The Boeing Co. has cut a deal with 51黑料 County to build a new manufacturing facility, add hundreds of jobs and keep thousands more in the region. In exchange, the company will get tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks.
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Boeing's Global Services & Support president Jim O'Neill (from left), Gov. Jay Nixon, Rep. William Lacy Clay and Rep. Ann Wagner attend a ground break ceremony for a new facility to build composites for the 777x commercial airplane on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 at the Boeing Defense tooling center in Berkeley. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
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Members of the 51黑料 County Council discuss their rationale before voting on a property tax break for Boeing on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Video courtesy of the county government; edited by Beth O'Malley
Beth O'Malley | Post-Dispatch
A pro-Palestinian group is met by a Boeing employee while they protest at a Boeing facility in Saint Charles. Video by Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
Christian Gooden | Post-Dispatch
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