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Texas enters 2012 as one of the better-performing states in the nation, yet unemployment rates remain above pre-recession levels. Governor Rick Perry and the state legislature have shown a continued commitment to embrace programs and policies designed to support business and create jobs.
During his first year in office, Governor Bill Haslem launched the Jobs4TN initiative, which held roundtable meetings and gathered input from private-sector leaders to refocus the state’s economic-development efforts.
Launched in 2011, Governor Dennis Daugaard’s “Better Government” initiative is focused on finding ways to streamline regulation, increase transparency, eliminate unnecessary regulations, and make state government interactions with the private sector more efficient.
With dropping unemployment rates, rising exports, increased state revenues, and a greatly improved budget situation, South Carolina continued to show positive signs of economic recovery entering 2012.
Rhode Island has the second-highest unemployment rate in the nation at 11% and is one of only three states with double-digit unemployment as of February 2012.
Since taking office in 2011, Governor Tom Corbett has supported a job-creation agenda centered on tax stability, balanced spending, increased energy development, and legal reforms.
Oregon’s economy is improving gradually. In 2011, Oregon created thousands of new jobs, passed a balanced budget, improved Oregon’s credit rating to AA+, and began streamlining state services.
mmediately upon taking office in early 2011, Governor Mary Fallin established the Governor’s Task Force on Economic Development and Job Creation, a 45-member, volunteer panel composed of industry CEOs, and private- and public-sector workers. In September of 2011, the task force produced 13
Ohio’s Third Frontier, a $2.3 billion technology-based development initiative that began in 2002, is making the Buckeye State a very good place for entrepreneurs and helping to revitalize the economy. Third Frontier is funded by bonds paid for by a voter-approved sales tax.
Driven by booming oil production, strong agricultural markets, and growing metro areas, North Dakota continued its economic renaissance entering 2012.
