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Indiana mayors ask state lawmakers to stop proposing legislation to restrict TIF districts

Samantha Horton

TIFs are used by local governments to fund projects that will attract businesses and jobs to a specific area - TIFs take a portion of sales and property taxes from an area or business and put it into a special fund to offset some of a project's costs for developers.