Governor's News Room

• Monday, May 31, 2010 • Houston, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry: Service Members Make the Ultimate Sacrifice to Preserve Freedom
  Gov. Rick Perry today reflected on the lives of those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our nation. The governor spoke at the Memorial Day ceremony at Houston National Cemetery.
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• Monday, May 31, 2010 • Houston, Texas • Speech
  Gov. Perry: Service Members Make the Ultimate Sacrifice to Preserve Freedom
  On days of remembrance like this, we celebrate our own freedom won through brutal sacrifice and are humbled. However, I prefer to dwell on the amazing sacrifices our fighting men and women have made throughout our history so that oppressed people all over the world can breathe the rare air of freedom.
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• Friday, May 28, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Appointment
  Gov. Perry Appoints Tallas to the Brazos River Authority Board of Directors
  AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Jeffrey Tallas of Sugar Land to the Brazos River Authority Board of Directors for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2015. The authority is responsible for developing and conserving the surface water resources of the Brazos River Basin.
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• Friday, May 28, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Appointment
  Gov. Perry Appoints Croci and Keating to Texas Skill Standards Board
  AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Joseph Croci of Bee Cave and Ford Keating of Austin to the Texas Skill Standards Board for terms to expire at the pleasure of the governor. The board facilitates and promotes the use of industry-developed skill standards for major skilled occupations, such as machinists, database administrators and air conditioning technicians.
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• Friday, May 28, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Appointment
  Gov. Perry Appoints Cortes to Texas Commission on Fire Protection
  AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Tony Cortes of San Antonio to the Texas Fire Protection Commission for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2015. The commission enforces statewide fire service standards and provides education and assistance to fire service personnel.
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• Friday, May 28, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Appointment
  Gov. Perry Appoints Lehrmann as Justice to the Supreme Court of Texas
  AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Debra Lehrmann of Colleyville as justice to the Supreme Court of Texas effective June 21, 2010 for a term to expire at the next general election.
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• Friday, May 28, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry, Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, Speaker Straus Direct Agencies to Identify 10 Percent Savings in Next Biennial Budget
  AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus today sent a letter directing the process by which each state agency will develop its legislative appropriations request for the 2012-2013 biennial budget. Those requests will be submitted to the governor and Legislative Budget Board between August 2 and 30. The letter also directs agencies to submit a supplemental schedule detailing how they would reduce their baseline request by an additional 10 percent (in five percent increments) in general revenue-related funding.
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• Friday, May 28, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry: EPA’s Actions will Undermine Texas’ Environmental and Economic Successes
  Gov. Rick Perry today sent a letter urging President Barack Obama to stop the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to take over Texas’ federally delegated, successful Title V permitting program and replace it with a less effective Washington-based, bureaucratic led, command and control mandate.
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• Thursday, May 27, 2010 • Dallas, Texas • Speech
  Gov. Perry: Fox Executives Announce New Texas Production
  "As the program continues to pick up speed and productions begin popping up all over the state we’re hearing stories of a reverse migration of sorts as skilled production hands return to Texas. They are part of a growing critical mass that will continue to drive Texas forward and establish our state as the preferred location for film production, game design, commercials and television productions like the one Jim Sharp has just announced."
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• Thursday, May 27, 2010 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry, Nuevo Leon Governor Discuss Shared Security, Economic Goals
  Gov. Rick Perry today met with Gov. Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and business leaders from Texas and Nuevo Leon to discuss issues important to both states, including security, border security, economic competitiveness and continued cross border relations.
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• Wednesday, May 26, 2010 • Richardson, Texas • Speech
  Gov. Perry's Remarks at the Digital Realty Trust Data Center Ribbon Cutting
  The ability to rebuild, reinvent and re purpose entire industries is key to economic survival in this increasingly competitive world. This facility shows that Texas is still competing and winning because of hardworking visionaries and committed economic development organizations who are willing to think bigger and work harder than anyone else.
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• Wednesday, May 26, 2010 • Dallas, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on EPA’s Efforts to Take Over Texas’ Air Permitting Program
  Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement on the EPA’s efforts to take over Texas’ air permitting program: “The Obama administration has taken yet another step in its campaign to harm our economy and impose federal control over Texas. With their decision to take control of a permitting process that the Clean Air Act allows to be delegated to the states, the EPA is on the verge of killing thousands of Texas jobs and derailing a program that has cleaned Texas’ air."
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• Tuesday, May 25, 2010 • Proclamation
  Governor Perry Issues Small Business Week Proclamation
  The Lone Star State was built on the dreams of entrepreneurs and adventurers who dared to chart their own paths. Staying true to our great state's legacy of innovation, small businesses throughout Texas continue to blaze new trails of success.
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