As multiple Texas coal plants wind down operations, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is pushing a widely decried proposal to subsidize coal and nuclear plants in the name of grid resiliency.
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Report: Trump considering Perry for secretary of Homeland Security
A new report says Rick Perry is in consideration to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
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Rick Perry: “I totally support” Trump’s ban on transgender troops
“The idea that the American people need to be paying for these types of operations to change your sex is not very wise from a standpoint of economics,” U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said during a stop in Waller, Texas, on Friday.
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Trump administration awards $2.3 million to Texas for border security
The Texas Military Department has received a $2.3 million boost from the federal government to help with the state’s border-security efforts.
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Analysis: A governor’s executive order doesn’t go very far in Texas
As Texas legislators began to speculate about whether and when they will be called into a special session for unfinished business, lawyers and others started looking for ways to avoid it. The simplest idea — an executive order — won’t work.
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Criminal Justice
Senate passes “second chances” bill for nonviolent offenders
The Texas Senate has approved its version of House Bill 3016, which would make it easier for people to apply for jobs if they have low-level offenses on their records. Such applicants would not be required to disclose their offenses.
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Rick Perry throws support behind bills to reform criminal justice in Texas
In a Houston Chronicle op-ed, Perry endorsed two measures moving through the Texas Legislature: one that would seal certain offenders’ records and another that seeks to make the grand jury process more fair.
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Rick Perry’s father, Joseph “Ray” Perry, dies
Joseph “Ray” Perry, father to former Texas governor and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, died Thursday.
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Rick Perry snags seat on Trump’s security council
The Trump administration announced this week that Texas’ longest-serving governor, now the U.S. energy secretary, would be a member of the president’s main advisory group on intelligence and defense matters.
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Years after Rick Perry defunded the Public Integrity Unit, Texas may revive part of it
Texas lawmakers might revive a special prosecuting unit in Travis County — this one only investigating fraud, not corrupt state officials.
