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On the tropical island of St. Croix, a U.S. territory, a census tract designated as an opportunity zone more than tripled in size after an investor encouraged the local government to lobby for a change.

On the tropical island of St. Croix, a U.S. territory, a census tract designated as an opportunity zone more than tripled in size after an investor encouraged the local government to lobby for a change.

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Politics

A Trump Tax Break Kicked Off a Race to Redraw U.S. Census Maps

Developers and local officials from Pennsylvania to New Mexico lobbied to change the tract boundaries that define opportunity zones.

In hockey, it’s the equivalent of moving the red line.

Two years ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins, along with Pennsylvania officials and a union leader, lobbied Donald Trump’s administration to expand an area earmarked for tax incentives so it would include the site where the hockey team is embarking on a $1 billion development project.