Oklahoma Voice: Tyson Accepts Tax Break in Region It Claims Is Inhospitable to Business

Fact-Checking Claims Made About Oklahoma’s Lawsuit Against Tyson Foods

As a judge issued a final order, the state’s attorney general and governor have criticized one another.

Oklahoma Voice: Tyson accepts tax break in region it claims is inhospitable to business

A federal judge fining Tyson Foods and other large poultry companies for polluting the Illinois River is part of a decades-long legal fight that prompted the Springdale-based company to deem the watershed “no longer a hospitable place to do business.”

Tyson accepts tax break in region it claims is inhospitable to business • Oklahoma Voice

Springdale-based Tyson Foods has said the company will not renew contracts with Northwest Arkansas poultry growers in response to ongoing litigation regarding poultry litter polluting the Illinois River. (Photo by Evey Weisblat/Arkansas Advocate)A federal judge fining Tyson Foods and other large poultry companies for polluting the Illinois River is part of a decades-long legal fight that prompted the Springdale-based company to deem the watershe…