The Brief: Sept. 6, 2011
Details of a Super PAC's multimillion-dollar push to help Rick Perry clinch the Republican nomination have surfaced. Full Story
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Paul Ad: Perry was Gore's "Texas Cheerleader"
In a new ad, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Surfside, hits Gov. Rick Perry for his support of Al Gore's 1988 presidential bid. Paul calls Perry a "Texas cheerleader" who worked to help Gore "undo the Reagan revolution." Full Story
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Front-runner's Absence Noted At Forum
Rick Perry missed his first opportunity to appear on a national stage with his Republican rivals, but the absence of the presidential front-runner did not keep him out of the conversation. Full Story
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Why the Redistricting Lawsuit Matters
Because — as both Democrats and Republicans know well — the drawing of congressional, legislative and State Board of Education district lines determines, to a large extent, the outcomes of future elections. Full Story
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Video: Perry Talks Principles, Immigration in S.C.
Gov. Rick Perry appeared Monday morning at a town hall meeting in Conway, S.C., before returning to Texas to attend to the state's wildfire crisis. (Video clips courtesy of WPDE NewsChannel 15 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Full Story
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Perry: Central Texas Wildfire As "Mean-Looking As I've Ever Seen"
Gov. Rick Perry thanked emergency responders and urged Texans to remain on guard against wildfires, after touring a massive blaze near Bastrop that he described as being "as mean-looking as I've ever seen." Full Story
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Perry Leaves Campaign Trail, Returns to Texas Wildfires
With wildfires raging outside of Austin, Gov. Rick Perry is leaving the campaign trail to return to his home state, the governor's office confirmed this morning. Full Story
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Controversial Pollution Rule On Track, Despite White House Shift
Even as the Obama administration delighted conservatives last week by pulling back on a broad regulation to combat ozone pollution, the controversial "cross-state" rule that would also reduce smog-forming pollutants in Texas remains on track. Full Story
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Inside Intelligence: And the Winner Is...
In this week's edition of our nonscientific survey of political and government insiders, we asked who the state's 31 senators would pluck from their own ranks to run the Senate, and perhaps to serve as governor, should the state's top officials move on to bigger and better things. Full Story
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Perry, Other GOP Hopefuls Focus on South Carolina
Gov. Rick Perry will spend his Labor Day campaigning in South Carolina. While it's still early in the campaign, Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports that it appears the state has become Perry's top priority. Full Story
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In Public Schools, Perry Shuns Federal Influence
Gov. Rick Perry’s early opposition to the Obama administration’s education policies — whose bipartisan backers include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — make him something of an ideological outlier among Republicans. Full Story
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Perry Says He's Best Contrast to Obama
Rick Perry, taking a dig at rival presidential candidate Mitt Romney on his home turf, urged New Hampshire voters Saturday to steer clear of Republicans who seem too much like the president they want to replace. Full Story
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Video: Perry Works Crowd in New Hampshire
Gov. Rick Perry, the GOP frontrunner in the race for the White House, mingled with voters today in the crucial early primary state of New Hampshire. Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson on the stats behind the Texas Miracle, Aguilar on an area of the budget that didn't get cut during the session, Dehn and Tan wrap-up our 31 Days, 31 Ways project, Galbraith talks to Todd Staples about the drought, Grissom on controversial executions during Rick Perry's tenure (plus a visualization by Murphy and Seger), Hamilton on the Rodney Dangerfield of Texas universities, Philpott on the search for clues in past Perry debates, Ramshaw on Perry's opposition to abortion rights and Root on Perry's assurances to conservatives that his past won't embarrass them: The best of our best content from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, 2011. Full Story
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Video: Capitol Buzz - New Texas Laws
Lawmakers are long gone from the statehouse, but their decisions have consequences that will be seen throughout the next two years. The Tribune's Thanh Tan spent the month of August explaining 31 ways Texans' lives are going to change. Full Story
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On the Records: How We Got the TDCJ Execution Data
This morning @TribData released a visualization of all executions in the state of Texas since Gov. Rick Perry took office in late 2000. Here's how we made it happen. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: Sept. 2, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Romney swipes at Perry over immigration; Dan Patrick calls for sales tax increase; Perry campaign names top staff Full Story
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Perry Campaign Announces Top Staff
Gov. Rick Perry announced who's running his presidential campaign Friday, bestowing official titles on the staff that has brought him into hallowed front-runner status in a matter of a couple of weeks. Full Story
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The Brief: Sept. 2, 2011
Digging deeper into Fed Up! is turning up gold for Rick Perry's opponents. Full Story
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Thousands of Texans With Disabilities Face Cutbacks
Specialty services for thousands of Texans with disabilities are on the chopping block, yet another casualty of the significant budget cuts state lawmakers passed in May. Full Story
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