In the early days of the general election campaign for governor, the Perry team has been shouting it from the rooftops at the start of every press release, no matter the issue at hand: “Liberal trial lawyer Bill White …” The Democratic nominee rejects that label, which has morphed into an epithet during years of poisonous tussles over tort reform. So is he one or isn’t he? More importantly, does it matter?
Griffin Perry
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2010: Perry On “Worst” List
Liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington calls Gov. Rick Perry among the “worst,” throwing him in with scandal-ridden likes of Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina and New York’s Gov. David Paterson.
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Demographics
$153,800 Per Arrest
Gov. Rick Perry has invested $4 million in the Texas Border Watch Program over two years. Twenty-nine cameras have been installed on the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border, or one camera for every 41 miles of border. Internet viewers have helped police make a total of 26 arrests — that’s about $153,800 per arrest.
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TribBlog: Perry Finishes 23rd
The #71 “Texans for Rick Perry” car driven by NASCAR racer Bobby Labonte finally had its day on the track in this afternoon’s Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
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Politics
2010: Perry 48, White 44
A new Rasmussen Reports poll has Gov. Rick Perry leading former Houston Mayor Bill White by just 4 points.
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Health care
Rick Perry: The TT Interview
A Newsweek/Texas Tribune exclusive: The governor talks about the Tea Party, his beef with the federal government, health care reform, the state budget, redistricting, and whether he plans to run for the White House himself.
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Rick Perry on George W. Bush
“I think George W. Bush will go down as a very, very good president. Approaching great? I don’t know yet…”
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Demographics
Rick Perry on Mexico
“The fact is, we shouldn’t have to be doing anything. The federal government’s responsibility has always been to operate the security mechanism along the border.”
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Grissom on the fall of Norma Chávez; M. Smith and Ramsey on the runoffs, the results, and the aftermath; Hu on the Tea Party’s birthday party; Thevenot and Stiles on the path between schools and prisons; Ramshaw on prosecutors’ reaction to helping hands from Austin; Hamilton on self-appointed lawyers; Galbraith on property rights and power lines; Aguilar and Grissom sit down with the mayor of Juárez to talk about his crime-ridden city; Kraft on telling the stories of Texans and other Americans who died in Vietnam; Ramsey on slots and horses and casinos; and Hamilton goes on a field trip with Jim Hightower to hear the history of populism. The best of our best from April 5 to 9, 2010.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Rick Perry, Newsweek and the Trib
Now it can be told: The Governor of Texas is on the cover of this week’s issue of the venerable newsmagazine as part of its first-ever collaboration with The Texas Tribune.
