At an Iowa town hall meeting tonight, Gov. Rick Perry said his views on abortion had undergone a “transformation” — and that he no longer supported it in cases of rape or incest.
2011
Posted inState Government
Updated: Perry Sues Over Virginia Ballot Access
Less than a week after he was notified that he would not appear on the GOP primary ballot in Virginia, Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign has filed suit in federal court challenging the constitutional validity of the Commonwealth’s ballot access rules.
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“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.
Posted inState Government
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.
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Economy
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.
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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.
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State Government
Some Elections Depend on Who Draws the Lines
For some candidates, the 2012 elections will be decided in court.
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Criminal Justice
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.
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State Government
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.
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Criminal Justice
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.