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“I’m thinking if this Governor thing doesn’t work out, I’m going to [Texas State Technical College in Waco] to get a welder’s certificate.”
– Governor Greg Abbott in his State of the State address this week lauding a technical college graduate who earns $140,000 as a welder.
This article appears in February 20 • 2015.
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