Content Tagged 'International Paper'

Shelby County Commission Chairman Mike Ritz says both Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell offered IP thirty more years of reduced taxes under the PILOT program. He doesn’t like the idea, and intends to fight it. Watch Video

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell want International Paper to stay in Memphis. The Fortune 500 company is threatening to move its corporate headquarters elsewhere unless it gets a 30-year tax break. Watch Video

International Paper is considered one of the world's largest paper producers and one of the city's biggest employers. Now Memphis is fighting to keep the company here.