If Rick Perry felt like the center of the universe in his first 18 years, he couldn’t have been faulted for it. Life in his tiny hometown of Paint Creak revolved around children — their school, their scouting, their sports.
Griffin Perry
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Off the Cuff and Into the Headlines
Gov. Rick Perry’s mouth has failed him before (anyone remember “Why don’t you just let us get on down the road?”), but it has always blown over. Will that be the case in his 2012 presidential campaign?
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Economy
Perry Campaign Hoping for Good News in Texas Jobs Report
The latest Texas jobs numbers will be released today, and a positive report would bolster Gov. Rick Perry’s economic message on the campaign trail. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on the battle to define just how well the Texas economy is doing.
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Higher Education
Road Work
Who knew, when the 1998 race for lieutenant governor was raging, that the combatants would end up like this: Rick Perry is picking his way across Iowa and New Hampshire with his sights set on the White House, and John Sharp is the chancellor-apparent at the Texas A&M University System. Whodathunkit?
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Video: Rick Perry’s 2000 DPS Traffic Stop
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper stopped the SUV in which Lt. Gov. Rick Perry was riding on June 28, 2000, for going 75 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone. A camera mounted on the dashboard of the officer’s car recorded the stop.
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Details of Perry’s Medicare Plan Murky
Gov. Rick Perry, in New Hampshire on Thursday, told voters that the country should start “transitioning away” from its current Medicare program. But as Jon Greenberg of New Hampshire Public Radio Reports, Perry has said little about what his new program would look like.
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Public Education
Perry Claims Texas Teaches Creationism in Public Schools
Gov. Rick Perry told a child questioner in New Hampshire today that Texas public schools teach creationism alongside evolution — a statement that state education experts are refuting in varying degrees.
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Environment
In “Liberal Bastion,” Perry Receives an Unfriendly Welcome
Rick Perry came to press the flesh with voters in Portsmouth, N.H., Thursday — but he ran instead into a vociferous protest of his views on Social Security and Medicare outside a local cafe. It wasn’t much better inside.
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Economy
Guest Column: Why Rick Perry is Good for Hispanics
He shares our values — values rooted in deep family traditions — and principles like hard work and fair play, and he’s a strong and decisive leader who wants to restore respect to each and every American.
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Demographics
Guest Column: Why Rick Perry is Bad for Hispanics
As the last legislative session demonstrated, the governor has a failing record on issues important to Latinos, including public education, expanded pre-K, college access, redistricting and immigration.
