After Plant Explosion, Texas Remains Wary of Regulation
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By IAN URBINA, MANNY FERNANDEZ and JOHN SCHWARTZ
Published: May 9, 2013 191 Comments
WEST, Tex. — Five days after an explosion at a fertilizer plant leveled a wide swath of this town, Gov. Rick Perry tried to woo Illinois business officials by trumpeting his state’s low taxes and limited regulations. Asked about the disaster, Mr. Perry responded that more government intervention and increased spending on safety inspections would not have prevented what has become one of the nation’s worst industrial accidents in decades.
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