The Midday Brief: Nov. 16, 2011
Your afternoon reading: new Perry ad takes aim at Obama; Cornyn says Congress needs insider-trading ban; Perry pitches government-reform plan in New Hampshire town halls Full Story
Your afternoon reading: new Perry ad takes aim at Obama; Cornyn says Congress needs insider-trading ban; Perry pitches government-reform plan in New Hampshire town halls Full Story
The Perry presidential campaign's latest ad targets President Barack Obama's recent use of the word "lazy" to describe Americans. "That's pathetic," Perry says in the video. Full Story
This week on the TribCast, Ross, Reeve, Ben and Mark talk post-"Oops" Perry, his proposal to make the U.S. Congress more like the Texas Legislature, and a recent wrong turn for Formula 1 racing in Austin. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry is urging Americans to “browbeat” members of Congress into accepting his plan to slash their pay and limit the amount of they spend in Washington. It's part of Perry's pitch to dramatically reform government. Full Story
In Gov. Rick Perry's grand plan to take a sledgehammer to Washington, some see a few holes. Full Story
The first chancellor of WGU Texas — the state’s new nonprofit, online university — on his new position, how WGU Texas is different from the national Western Governors University, and the future of online education. Full Story
Some of the Republican U.S. Senate candidates fight to appeal to the right, and a domestic partner becomes the centerpiece in a race for the State Board of Education. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry wants lawmakers who use “insider knowledge to profit in the stock market” to be jailed. But his critics argue that at home, his personal and political relationships have been entangled in ways that helped him profit financially Full Story
With American troops leaving Iraq and an eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan expected, advocates for tighter border security hope to bring military technology — and soldiers' expertise — to the border. Full Story
Your afternoon reading: Perry lays out sweeping government reform plan; Combs says state won't fund Formula 1; Perry campaign eying second ad buy in New Hampshire Full Story
In Iowa today, Gov. Rick Perry promised he would bring an outsider's approach to Washington, D.C. The GOP presidential candidate promised he would "overhaul" the judicial and legislative branches of government. Full Story
The state won't spend any taxpayer money on Formula 1 in advance of Texas races, Comptroller Susan Combs announced this morning — days after racing officials expressed doubt over a Grand Prix here. It's not clear how that will affect the track. Full Story
Rick Perry has yet another policy-driven reboot plan in store — and this time, he's going big. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry is proposing to bring a little Texas to Washington — with a “part-time citizen Congress” that doesn’t meet so often, and whose members earn only half of what they make now. Perry will also call for an end to lifetime appointments for federal judges, including members of the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story
I suppose as a legal immigrant to this country at the age of 4, I might have a different perspective from those who have not had at least part of those terms applied to them during their lives. Full Story
Whether we use the word illegal or unauthorized, alien or migrant, or whether we call it a banana, the only thing that matters is whether, and when, we enact meaningful, and comprehensive, immigration reform. Full Story
Sorry to report that our editor, Mark Miller, is leaving us to return to New York and a job with his old employer, sort of. Happy to report that the magnificently talented Emily Ramshaw will take the TT reins. Full Story
Lost in the clamor around Gov. Rick Perry's debate stumble last week is that he's calling for the elimination of three federal agencies. As Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, actually accomplishing that is hard to do. Full Story
In a new web-only ad posted on YouTube, Gov. Rick Perry takes aim at congressional insider trading — the subject of a 60 Minutes segment last night. Full Story
Rick Perry will famously remember the three federal agencies he wants to shut down in a key policy speech in Iowa on Tuesday, but the “oops” heard around the world is still a big hurdle here. Full Story