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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.

 

The Most Energy-Efficient States In America

Massachusetts tops perennial efficiency king California on the strength of a robust program to get utilities to make improvements.

 

State Senate hits stalemate on universal healthcare for California

State lawmakers deadlocked Thursday over a controversial measure that would provide universal healthcare in California.

Senh: And so the state fight begins for universal healthcare. The same old arguments for and against it.

 

Calif. official wants to create 51st state

A conservative county supervisor in southern California wants to form the 51st state by seceding the region from California, saying the state's problems require "radical" solutions.

 

Calif. Official Wants 13 Counties to Ditch State

Calif. Official Wants 13 Counties to Ditch State

A Riverside County, Calif., official is reportedly proposing cutting out 13 counties in Southern California and seceding from the rest of the state.

 

California has $2 billion in unexpected tax revenue

Tax income has been outpacing forecasts — good news as Sacramento struggles with a $15-billion budget deficit. GOP leaders are already using it as fodder against Gov. Brown's proposed tax increases.

 

California fares better than the nation as a whole in recession, USC report shows

Despite soaring poverty and unemployment, California and Los Angeles County have fared better on many indicators during the recession than the nation as a whole, according to a report released Tuesday by USC.

 

State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972

State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972

Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new report says is the first nationwide decline in the number of state inmates since 1972.

 

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