Texas is missing out on projects to other states like Louisiana, New Mexico and Georgia, Parker said. “Because the reality is, there are plenty of awesome opportunities and projects, and even longstanding film studio opportunities for the state of Texas that we just aren’t funding right now because we don’t have a robust enough fund,”

Netflix and Warner Bros. Pictures, which have led the way in the previous four allotment of credits over the last two years, have no to titles on the list of films getting tax breaks for filming in California.

In this bonus episode of Political Rewind, host Bill Nigut sits down with The New York Times’ Manhola Dargis. Dargis has been the co-chief film critic of the Times since 2004. She gives us insights into Georgia’s booming film industry, the state of women in film, and her predictions for the Oscars this year.

On any given summer day in the late ’80s, the square of a small Georgia town would routinely be filled with curious bystanders and the flashing lights of police cars. With roads blocked off and officers roaming through the streets, one might have thought it was a crime scene or traffic accident rather than the filming of a popular television series.

Grammy Award-winning record producer and songwriter Dallas Austin imagines a music and entertainment destination in Downtown Atlanta, an idea he is pitching to top city leaders.