"America's Toughest Sheriff" Back Campaigning With Perry in Iowa
Gov. Rick Perry kicked off the second leg of his Iowa tour today with a familiar companion: Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Full Story
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Updated: 10 Most-Read Stories of 2011: Perry, UT and TSA Groping
With 2011 winding down, we take a look back at the stories our readers liked best, judging by the number of pageviews they received. Full Story
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Mexico Pushing Effort to Register Expats to Vote
Mexico is trying to get more expatriates in the U.S. to vote in its upcoming elections. As Jude Joffe-Block of the Fronteras public radio project reports, this holiday season marks the final push to get voters registered before the mid-January deadline. Full Story
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Perry Plugs Part-Time Congress in New TV Spot
As Rick Perry begins the second leg of his Iowa bus tour, he has released a TV ad in the Hawkeye State highlighting his call for a part-time U.S. Congress à la the Texas Legislature. Full Story
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Murder Cases Put "Junk Science" in the Spotlight
Michael Morton's tragic wrongful conviction for his wife's murder 25 years ago illustrates the best and worst of science in the courtroom, a judge said on Monday. Full Story
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Some Elections Depend on Who Draws the Lines
For some candidates, the 2012 elections will be decided in court. Full Story
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Perry's Taxpayer-Funded Security Costs Rise
Though Gov. Rick Perry's political fortunes on the presidential campaign trail have plummeted, the bills for his omnipresent security detail continue, costing Texas taxpayers as much as $400,000 a month. Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson on Rick Perry's Texas Enterprise Fund, Aguliar on the DOJ's Joe Arpaio problem, Galbraith on the uncertainty about Texas' electric grid, Grissom and Schwartz of The New York Times on the latest in the Michael Morton case, Hamilton on the first leg of Perry's Iowa bus tour, Murphy and McLain unveil our new campaign finance database, Ramsey et al. go live with the first round of our 2012 election brackets, Root on a GOP rival's queries about Perry's pension play, M. Smith contrasts the various school finance lawsuits and Tan, Dehn and Murphy on a shortage of mental health professionals: The best of our best content from December 19-23, 2011. Full Story
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Veterans Tout Perry in New Ad
In a new ad airing in Iowa just eleven days before the first-in-the-nation caucuses, decorated veterans praise Rick Perry and promote his presidential candidacy. Full Story
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Austin on $7,200 a Year
Gov. Rick Perry is taking advantage of a wrinkle in state law that allows a state officeholder to collect a pension while also collecting a paycheck. Considering the likely candidates, how could this figure into the 2014 elections? Full Story
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Texas Electric Grid Faces More Uncertainty in 2012
Will the lights stay on in 2012? Even Texas grid operators, who are coming off a tumultuous year, cannot say for certain. A lot will depend on the weather — namely, whether the state suffers through another piping-hot summer. Full Story
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Perry Headed Back to Austin After First Leg of Iowa Bus Tour
Gov. Rick Perry wrapped up the first leg of his bus tour through Iowa on Thursday, and now he's heading back to Austin for Christmas. Full Story
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Perry Grants Eight Pardons
As is custom around the Christmas holidays, Gov. Rick Perry announced a list of pardons today. The list is made up primarily of Texans who committed rather petty crimes at a young age. Full Story
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Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Stepping Down
The head of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection is stepping down, the Department of Homeland Security announced today. Commissioner Alan Bersin has been in the post since March 2010. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: Dec. 22, 2011
Your afternoon reading: George H.W. Bush calls Romney "best choice"; Paul wooing social conservatives in Iowa; Arpaio investigation draws skeptics Full Story
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Weekend Insider: Texas Energy Shortage, Perry's Cost to Taxpayers
In this episode of Weekend Insider, reporter Kate Galbraith talks about whether Texas will have enough electricity to make it through another hot summer. And reporter Jay Root tries to track down just how much Gov. Rick Perry's run for the White House is costing Texas taxpayers. Full Story
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T-Squared: More Than 5 Million Reasons to Give
Our success so far is a by-product of your generosity — so if you love the Trib, if you appreciate and respect what we do every day and why we do it, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible donation. Full Story
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The Brief: Dec. 22, 2011
The glare of the front-runner spotlight may be getting to Ron Paul. Full Story
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Before Hiatus, Perry Bus Tour Gains Traction
Today is the last day of Gov. Rick Perry's pre-Christmas Iowa bus tour. Perry will return Friday to Texas for a brief Christmas break, then it's back to campaigning. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports. Full Story
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Despite Drought, Trinity River Still Flowing
In a curious development amid the year's record-setting drought, the Trinity River — which runs south from Dallas and empties into the Gulf just east of Houston — has kept on flowing. Dave Fehling of KUHF News reports on where all the water is coming from. Full Story
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