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- Thursday, September 02, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
Gov. Perry: Washington Politics Restrict Texas Education Funds
Gov. Rick Perry today sent a letter to school administrators across the state detailing his efforts to try to access the $830 million in federal funds for Texas schools that Lloyd Doggett’s anti-Texas amendment to the federal emergency education jobs bill (H.R. 1586) has jeopardized. Doggett’s amendment requires the governor to make assurances that the Texas Legislature will make specific funding commitments, which is a violation of the Texas Constitution. - Thursday, September 02, 2010 • Baytown, Texas • Press Release
Gov. Perry: Tapco International Breaks Ground on New Manufacturing Facility
Gov. Rick Perry today, at a press conference announcing a $675,000 Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) investment in Tapco International, Inc., credited Texas’ low taxes, reasonable and predictable regulatory climate, educated workforce and investments through the TEF with helping attract jobs and businesses to the state. The company is creating a new manufacturing facility in Baytown, which will create 100 jobs and generate an estimated $26 million in capital investment. - Wednesday, September 01, 2010 • Nederland, Texas • Press Release
Gov. Perry: Energy Industry Helps Our Economy Lead the Nation
Gov. Rick Perry today met with plant managers from the Baytown area at the Southeast Texas Plant Managers Forum to discuss Texas’ economy and the role of the state’s petrochemical industry in fueling the nation. - Wednesday, September 01, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Speech
Gov. Perry Celebrates Samsung's $3.6 Billion Investment in the Austin Community
Gov. Rick Perry today spoke at the Austin Chamber of Commerce luncheon to celebrate Samsung’s $3.6 billion investment in the Austin community. - Monday, August 30, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
Texas Conference for Women Announces Keynote Lineup
The Texas Conference for Women, hosted by Gov. Rick Perry and First Lady Anita Perry, today announced presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Judge Glenda Hatchett, and TLC’s Dr. Jennifer Arnold will be part of the 2010 keynote lineup. The 11th annual Conference is set for November 10 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. - Monday, August 30, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
Gov. Perry: TETF Investment to Help Those With Kidney, Liver Disease
Gov. Rick Perry today announced a $2 million investment through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) in ZS Pharma, Inc., for the development of its therapeutic solution for the treatment of complications associated with liver and kidney failure. - Monday, August 23, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Bullets from Juarez Striking El Paso Building
Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement regarding bullets from a gun battle in Juarez that struck a building on the campus of the University of Texas-El Paso over the weekend:
