After months of fighting over sales tax issues, Amazon appears to be close to a deal with the state of Texas that would see Amazon creating more than 5,000 jobs and invest $300 million in the state over the next three years, so long as Texas exempts Amazon from paying sales tax for the next four and a half years. The proposal, which does not explicitly name Amazon but , is attached to a state Senate fiscal matters bill that must be passed in order to balance the next fiscal year budget. It would also not exempt Amazon or any […]