It’s no secret that in recent years, the political divide between the left and the right has been growing. In today’s highly politicized environment, legislation and policy is often bogged down by political theater or diluted (or inflated) to get just enough votes for approval. The result can make for bad policy in some cases, and no policy in others.

A new bill in the state Legislature would supplement federal tax incentives by offering a state tax break to those that invest in opportunity zones.

To many people, nonprofit work might not seem to have much in common with Opportunity Zones and other sorts of federal development incentives.