{"id":191559,"date":"2012-05-25T17:16:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T22:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=191559"},"modified":"2012-05-27T08:06:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T13:06:28","slug":"perry-state-investing-big-money-in-tyler-jobs-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=191559","title":{"rendered":"Perry: State Investing Big Money in Tyler Jobs Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=191573\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-191573\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/05\/thumb_rick_perry-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_rick_perry-3\" width=\"116\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-191573\" \/><\/a>AUSTIN &#8212; Gov. Rick Perry says the state is investing $1.3 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) in Centene Corp. to open its third U.S. claims center in Tyler. KETK reports that contingent upon completion of a local incentive package, Centene will create more than 300 jobs and $15 million in capital investment.  \u201cHere in Texas, we\u2019ve fostered an economic environment that allows employers to create jobs and opportunity by keeping taxes low and regulations predictable, and making sure our courts are fair and our workforce is skilled and educated,\u201d Gov. Perry said. \u201cTexas Enterprise Fund investments like this one in Centene help provide jobs for Texans and capital investment across our state.\u201d       <\/p>\n<p>Centene provides health care-related services to organizations and individuals. The Tyler facility will be an integral part of the company\u2019s national managed care system, processing claims from physicians, hospitals and other health care providers.  \u201cCentene is pleased with the state&#8217;s action and continues to progress with due diligence actions aimed at building a new facility in Tyler,\u201d Centene Chairman, President, and CEO Michael F. Neidorff said. \u201cWe have already hired almost 60 people and look forward to further enhancing the economic climate in Tyler. We anticipate breaking ground this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to having Centene as a new corporate citizen that will bring quality jobs to Tyler,\u201d Tyler Mayor Barbara Bass said. \u201cBy having one of the lowest municipal tax rates in Texas, an abundant workforce and a tremendous quality of life, Tyler is an ideal place for a business such as Centene to locate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Legislature created the TEF in 2003 and has re-appropriated funding in every legislative session since then to help ensure the growth of Texas businesses and create more jobs throughout the state. TEF projects must be approved by the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the House. The fund has since become one of the state\u2019s most competitive tools to recruit and bolster business. To date, the TEF has invested more than $466.8 million and closed the deal on projects generating 63,086 new jobs and more than $21.4 billion in capital investment in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN &#8212; Gov. Rick Perry says the state is investing $1.3 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) in Centene Corp. to open its third U.S. claims center in Tyler. KETK reports that contingent upon completion of a local incentive package, Centene will create more than 300 jobs and $15 million in capital investment. \u201cHere &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=191559\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Perry: State Investing Big Money in Tyler Jobs Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 10:51:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191559"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191753,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191559\/revisions\/191753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}