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Texas Governor Rick Perry participates in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce summit on "the role of free enterprise in job creation" on May 3, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Texas Lawmakers Pushing Back On Gov. Perry In 2013

Governor Rick Perry revved up for a presidential bid in 2011 by showing the country who’s boss in Texas: He slashed spending, tightened abortion restrictions and declared illegal immigration a state emergency. He’s not calling the shots anymore.

2013/04/26

Contractors place sections of a water pipeline in a trench. (credit: Getty Images/Ross Land)

Pipeline Giant Tenaris To Build $1.3B Texas Plant

International energy pipeline giant Tenaris SA said Friday it plans to build a $1.3 billion Gulf Coast manufacturing facility that will bring 600 jobs and better supplying operations to Texas’ oil- and natural gas-rich Eagle Shale region.

2013/02/15

A technician at work near a circuit board. (credit: REMY GABALDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Firm To Bring High-Tech Jobs To Rural Texas

Governor Rick Perry is cutting the ribbon on a private firm’s new information and technology facility, which promises to create 350 new jobs in rural Texas.

2012/04/11

Rick Perry Gives Speech On Energy Independence And Jobs At PA Steel Plant

Group: Texas Jobs Fund Missing Job Creation Goals

A government watchdog group in Texas said Wednesday that a job creation program touted often by Gov. Rick Perry as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination has delivered on barely a third of the jobs it promised to bring to the state by the end of last year.

2011/11/09

Texas Governor Rick Perry gestures prior to the start of a presidential debate hosted by Bloomberg and the Washington Post on October 11, 2011. (credit: Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images)

The Texas Enterprise Fund & The Perry Campaign

A new watchdog report says that nearly half of the companies receiving money from the Texas Enterprise Fund also gave money to Governor Rick Perry’s campaign or the Republican Governor’s Association.

2011/10/13