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During his State of the State address, Gov. Rick Perry countered those "painting a pretty grim picture" of Texas finances "with the good news that continues to flow from our comparatively strong economy."
"Have the doomsayers forgotten that Texas added more jobs in 2010 than any other state?" he said in the Feb. 8 speech.
We’ve checked other claims about Texas’ job growth, including Perry’s statement in June that Texas had added more jobs than the other states combined. We rated that True; from January 2001 to June 2010, Texas had a net gain of 853,400 jobs.