The governor reveals that and other nostalgic tidbits to Texas Monthly.
2010: Rick Perry’s Mom Made His Underwear
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Demographics
TribBlog: MALDEF Challenges Ariz. Law
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has filed a lawsuit challenging Arizona’s controversial new immigration law.
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Energy
On the Records: Mapping Refinery Violations, Fines
An analysis by the The Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan watchdog group in Washington, D.C., shows that BP is responsible for almost all of the nation’s “willful” safety violations at refineries. Check out their interactive map.
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State Government
TribBlog: DPS Emergency Chief Dies [UPDATED]
Jack Colley, head of emergency management for the Texas Department of Public Safety, died of a heart attack Sunday, the department announced this morning. He was 62 and had worked at DPS for more than 12 years.
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Health care
TribBlog: Texans Strongly Back Repeal of Health Care Reform
53 percent of Texans strongly favor a repeal of federal health care reform legislation, while 24 percent strongly oppose repeal, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.
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2010: Perry 51, White 38
Rasmussen Reports released new poll numbers today showing Gov. Rick Perry widening his lead over Bill White.
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How’s Tricks?
Staring down a shortfall of as much as $18 billion, lawmakers could employ a handful of accounting tricks to kick some payments down the road, saving several billion dollars. How exactly would that work? This dramatization demonstrates how similar tricks could be used to lower a restaurant bill.
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Criminal Justice
The War at Home
For many of the more than 150,000 Texans who have returned from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the struggle to cope with the horrors they’ve seen can result in drug addiction and violent outbursts. To deal with those harsh realities, 10 counties are working to establish “veterans courts” that would emphasize treatment or counseling over punishment.
