Amazon Narrows Second Headquarters Down to 20 Finalists

Amazon.com Inc. announced today that twenty cities across the United States and Canada remain contenders in the largest corporate jobs contest in modern times.

Some finalists made enormous promises of tax incentives to lure the 50,000-job project, while others predicted to be a shoe-in for the final list didn’t make the cut despite large incentive packages.

Finalists include expected landing spots such as New York City and Newark, New Jersey, where then-governor Chris Christie (R) signed a bill (P.L.2017, c.282) providing up to $7 billion in tax credits. Shunned are Detroit and Windsor, Canada, which promised in their joint bid ...