The first chancellor of WGU Texas — the state’s new nonprofit, online university — on his new position, how WGU Texas is different from the national Western Governors University, and the future of online education.
Griffin Perry
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Video: Perry Promises Overhaul of Federal Government
In Iowa today, Gov. Rick Perry promised he would bring an outsider’s approach to Washington, D.C. The GOP presidential candidate promised he would “overhaul” the judicial and legislative branches of government.
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The Brief: Nov. 15, 2011
Rick Perry has yet another policy-driven reboot plan in store — and this time, he’s going big.
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State Government
Updated: Perry Takes Aim at Congress, Courts
Gov. Rick Perry is proposing to bring a little Texas to Washington — with a “part-time citizen Congress” that doesn’t meet so often, and whose members earn only half of what they make now. Perry will also call for an end to lifetime appointments for federal judges, including members of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Easy to Call for Federal Agency Elimination, Harder to Do
Lost in the clamor around Gov. Rick Perry’s debate stumble last week is that he’s calling for the elimination of three federal agencies. As Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, actually accomplishing that is hard to do.
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Video: In New Web-Only Ad, Perry Bashes Congress
In a new web-only ad posted on YouTube, Gov. Rick Perry takes aim at congressional insider trading — the subject of a 60 Minutes segment last night.
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Updated: Perry Vows to “Uproot” Washington
Rick Perry will famously remember the three federal agencies he wants to shut down in a key policy speech in Iowa on Tuesday, but the “oops” heard around the world is still a big hurdle here.
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The Brief: Nov. 14, 2011
For Rick Perry, it may take more than his solid showing at Saturday’s foreign policy debate to erase the “oops.”
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Video: SNL Opening All About “Oops”
On last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, the so-called cold open — the sketch prior to the opening credits — predictably mocked Gov. Rick Perry’s brain freeze.
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With Solid Debate Showing, Perry Looks to Right Campaign
After Gov. Rick Perry’s disastrous “brain freeze” earlier this week, many were watching tonight for a fresh stumble in a debate in South Carolina that would spell the end of the campaign. Instead, he gave perhaps his best performance to date.
