Gov. Rick Perry is finally getting the national spotlight he’ll need to run for president, but this weekend’s “day of prayer and fasting” rally in Houston may not be the kind of attention he was looking for.
Griffin Perry
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Students for Rick Perry Await Announcement
Students for Rick Perry has more than 500 Facebook friends and a YouTube account where the organization has made its first big move: releasing a highly produced video touting their preferred candidate. It has been viewed more than 600 times.
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First Lady Who Avoids Spotlight Faces a Bigger One
Anita Perry first entered the national consciousness as the spur to her husband’s possible presidential run. But a different theme emerges when friends and associates talk about the wife of Texas’ 47th governor: She is not the type to draw attention to herself.
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Cloud of Controversy Hangs Over “Prayerpalooza”
Gov. Rick Perry is finally getting the kind of national spotlight he’ll need to run for president, but this weekend’s “day of prayer and fasting” rally in Houston may not be the kind of attention he was looking for.
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Higher Education
An All New U.
The announcement of a new online university for Texas, Western Governors University Texas, has united members of the higher education community who have recently found themselves at odds over the future of the state’s colleges and universities.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: In the Race Ahead…
The insiders are more convinced that ever that Gov. Rick Perry will run for president.
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Perry, Allies Laying Foundation for Texas Stem Cell Industry
Rick Perry, a state representative with multiple sclerosis and the spine surgeon who performed the governor’s July 1 adult stem cell transfusion are laying the foundation for the commercialization of the controversial procedure in Texas.
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Perry’s Adult Stem Cell Treatment Was Doctor’s First Attempt
The doctor who performed an adult stem cell infusion on Rick Perry during a July spinal surgery said Wednesday night that he’d never done the procedure before he did it for the governor.
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Video: Patterson Salutes, Vouches for Perry
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, a veteran of the Marine Corps, has recorded a video in support of Air Force veteran Rick Perry’s any-day-now bid for the White House.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 91
This week, with The Response just a few days away, Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben discuss the upcoming prayer rally and how political races around the state — like the already-underway battle for lieutenant governor — are shaping up.
