The latest Rick Perry news from The Texas Tribune.
Wallace Jefferson, the first black chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court and a descendant of slaves, calls the hunting ranch name controversy "much ado about nothing." He says the implication that Rick Perry is insensitive to race is "false." Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/IMG_0773.JPG)
Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith weighs in on Gov. Rick Perry's hunting ranch race debacle in the New York Times video segment "The Caucus." Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/100311_Caucus.jpg)
Rick Perry, steadying himself after taking a pummeling last week on immigration, has again been knocked off balance. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9eca2810407c60918b633470c8cf1462/BD%20INC%20Perry%20End%201130%202011)
Rick Perry’s in-state-tuition troubles have a lot to do with the difference between politics in Texas and politics everywhere else. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/210f5eeec17546f57426783151dc18f3/DONT%20USE%20Sharp%20and%20Perry%202011)
Immigration looked likely to dominate Rick Perry's visit to New Hampshire this weekend — and dominate it did. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on Perry's attempt to reformulate his answer to a question that has dogged his campaign. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/IMG_0948.jpg)
A little more than a week after his embarrassing debate performance, Rick Perry this weekend got back to doing what he does best — pressing the flesh with voters. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/PerryWithAx.jpg)
Gov. Rick Perry generally has great political radar, but he walked straight into enemy fire on the issue of illegal immigration. He’s trying to walk out of it now, unveiling a more detailed, nuanced position to voters — and his critics. Full Story
Aaronson on the shrinking of state government, Aguilar on the controversy over in-state tuition for the children of undocumented immigrants, Galbraith on Rick Perry vs. the EPA, Grissom on a startling development in a 25-year-old murder case, Hamilton on Ken Starr's first year as president of Baylor, Ramsey on what inmates have to do with redistricting, Ramshaw on the state's crisis in insurance coverage, Root on Perry's presidential grind dance and Smith on obstacles to addressing childhood obesity: The best of our best content from Sept. 26-30, 2011. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/09262011_Tribweek.jpg)
Gov. Rick Perry displayed his trademark swagger on Friday despite sagging poll numbers, whipping up supporters at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire with promises to shake up Washington. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/IMG_0753.JPG)
The Tribune loves infographics, including the recent one posted by the Perry campaign called “State of Texas Economy.” But like all claims made by a political campaign, it deserves the scrutiny of a fact-checking exercise. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/StateOfEconomyPerryIG.jpg)
Gov. Rick Perry this weekend travels to New Hampshire, where he's looking to regroup and, as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, distinguish himself from his New England-bred competition. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Perry-NH-09032011.jpg)
Gov. Rick Perry vehemently opposes forcing Americans to carry health insurance — yet his home state leads the nation in the size of its uninsured population and ranks near the bottom on almost every measure of coverage. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-PerryInsurance-003.jpg)
Texas’ practice of not inquiring about the race of registered voters could delay the state’s controversial voter identification bill from being implemented on schedule in January. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/MustShowIDToVote.jpg)
For Gov. Rick Perry, who has built a political career running against Washington, no agency more symbolizes the meddlesome and economy-choking evils of the federal government than the Environmental Protection Agency. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/14d5dfc12b0d0169303227c35cc164ec/DONT%20USE%20Perry%20EPA)
If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joins the GOP presidential race, how would his politics — sometimes labeled left of center by fellow Republicans — compare to those of Rick Perry and Mitt Romney? Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/CandidateComparison_Christie.jpg)
This week on the TribCast, Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben discuss Rick Perry's debate performances, the future of the presidential race and the inaugural Texas Tribune Festival. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Tribcast_2.jpg)
Karla Reséndiz was able to attend UT-Austin because she paid in-state tuition rates — even though she is the child of illegal immigrants. Now, she and others like her are the focus of the latest political battle over immigration. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Girl.jpg)
Thanks to Gov. Rick Perry, Karla Reséndiz was able to attend UT-Austin and pay in-state tuition rates — even though she is not a legal resident of Texas. Reséndiz — and by extension Perry — is now the focus of a harsh debate over illegal immigration. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryImmigrationTuition.jpg)
The Perry campaign, still looking to regroup, appears to have settled on a new strategy: Don't panic. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b191abd1a2f6246544c538af9c56ae60/BD%20INC%20Perry%20Fists%202011)
Rick Perry may be down, but he's certainly not out. Still, as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, he has work to do before attempting a comeback. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/CNNdebate2.jpg)