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Texas Experiences Meteoric Rise Of Relocation Inquiries From California Companies

Rick Perry

According to the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, since the passage of Prop 30 in the November election, California-based company relocation inquiries have doubled, possibly tripled, in Central Texas. West Coast entrepreneurs feeling the personal financial stress of an out-of-control state budget and tax policy have heard Texas’ message, and they’re responding.

 

Texas Gov. Rick Perry set to poach Calif. jobs

Rick Perry

Look out, California. Rick Perry is going hunting in your backyard for jobs to bring back to Texas. The Republican governor heads to San Francisco, the Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and Orange County next week on a "business recruitment trip," his office says. The trip is being paid for by Texas One, a public-private partnership that does marketing for the state.

 

Texas governor rejects two provisions of health law

Texas Governor Rick Perry said on Monday his state will not implement an expansion of the Medicaid program for the poor or create a health insurance exchange, leaving the state with the highest percentage of people without health insurance outside President Barack Obama's signature law.

 

Immigration questions dog Perry

Of all the punches thrown at Gov. Rick Perry during last week's Republican presidential debate, few landed harder than questions about Perry's support for a Texas bill allowing in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants.

 

Obama takes shots at Perry, GOP debates

President Barack Obama is swiping at Texas Gov. Rick Perry, criticizing him as "a governor whose state is on fire, denying climate change."

 

Texas wildfires could keep Perry from GOP debate

Texas Gov. Rick Perry wouldn't say today whether he's going to participate in the GOP presidential debate tomorrow, citing the "fluid" situation ...

 

Texas Governor Perry to run for president

Texas Governor Perry to run for president

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a staunch conservative with a Washington outsider's resume, will seek the 2012 Republican nomination for president, his spokesman said on Thursday, adding a top contender to the party's field of hopefuls.

 

Rick Perry: Texas Governor To Announce 2012 Intentions Saturday

It's the million dollar question. Rumors have abounded for months that Texas Governor Rick Perry may jump in the race for president, which would drastically reshape the Republican field. But so far, he has been reticent on the topic. The answer may finally be revealed this weekend.

 

Public Sector Added to Texas Job Boom

As Texas Gov. Rick Perry ponders a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Texans weighing his economic legacy are debating the role played by a long boom in government jobs—and the possible bust ahead.

 

Perry Breaks With a Fellow Texan: Bush

Perry Breaks With a Fellow Texan: Bush

Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican contemplating a presidential run, shares many attributes with the last man who ran for president from here, his predecessor and onetime patron, George W. Bush. He has the same straight-legged Texas swagger; the down-home, clipped speaking style; the desert-baked conservatism.

 

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