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Texas governor’s startup fund is not all it seems

By Paul Weber
Published July 24, 2014 6:27pm ET
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Texas governor’s startup fund is not all it seems
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has distributed $205 million in taxpayer money to scores of technology startups using a pet program designed to bring high-paying jobs and innovation to the nation’s second most-populous state. But a closer look at the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, one of Perry’s signature initiatives in his 14 […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has distributed $205 million in taxpayer money to scores of technology startups using a pet program designed to bring high-paying jobs and innovation to the nation’s second most-populous state.

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