The facts of the auditor’s report released Thursday on the administration of Gov. Rick Perry’s Texas Enterprise Fund are, as the Tribune’s Aman Batheja termed it, “damning.”
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Criminal Justice
Prosecutor: Reply to Perry Filing Likely to Come Next Month
Michael McCrum, the special prosecutor who secured an indictment against Gov. Rick Perry in August, said he expected to reply in October to a challenge filed by Perry’s legal team.
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Energy
The Brief: Sept. 25, 2014
The legal problems of a couple of Republican officeholders continue to garner headlines.
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Criminal Justice
Special Prosecutor Says Perry Should Appear in Court
Gov. Rick Perry should not be excused from all hearings leading up to his felony trial, the special prosecutor in the criminal case said in a motion filed Wednesday.
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Energy
The Brief: Sept. 24, 2014
The special prosecutor overseeing the criminal case against Gov. Rick Perry let his frustration be known on a request by Perry’s attorneys to excuse him from appearing at an Oct. 13 pre-trial hearing.
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Health care
Perry Not First to Link Abortion Regulations and Rivers Death
Several conservative writers had made a connection between the death of comedian Joan Rivers and Texas’ regulation of abortion clinics before Gov. Rick Perry’s comment on the matter Sunday.
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Analysis: A Political Split Between Brass, Caution
Most incumbents and front-runners have something in common: They’re cautious in the vicinity of the public. But some of them aren’t like that.
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Energy
The Brief: Sept. 23, 2014
A three-week trial challenging Texas’ voter ID law in federal court wrapped up on Monday amid speculation a decision could be handed down before Election Day.
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Energy
The Brief: Sept. 22, 2014
Texas politics was the big conversation in Austin and even outside the state with this weekend’s Texas Tribune Festival.
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Health care
TribFest: Perry on HB 2 and Joan Rivers
At the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival, Gov. Rick Perry answered an audience question about controversial abortion legislation by citing the recent death of comedian Joan Rivers.
