A trio of federal judges gave Greg Abbott and his fellow Republicans a big treat on Halloween evening.
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The Evening Brief: Oct. 31, 2013
Your evening reading: statewide candidates say where they stand on Prop 6; Katy ISD plans $69 million football stadium; Cruz’s dad says the darndest things
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The Brief: Oct. 31, 2013
Gov. Rick Perry performed a civic duty Wednesday and turned it into a news twofer.
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CPRIT Operations Moratorium Lifted Following Reforms
Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus on Wednesday announced the end of a moratorium that had halted grant operations at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
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The Evening Brief: Oct. 30, 2013
Your evening reading: Perry calls Hall investigation “extraordinary political theater”; Patterson dismisses rumors of UN control of the Alamo as “horse hockey”; Cruz to make late night debut on Leno
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Perry Blasts Impeachment Probe of Wallace Hall
Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday called the ongoing impeachment investigation into University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall “extraordinary political theater.”
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Perry Awards Posthumous Military Honor to WWII Veteran Audie Murphy
Gov. Rick Perry awarded Audie Murphy the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor on Tuesday, more than 40 years after his death.
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The Evening Brief: Oct. 29, 2013
Your evening reading: federal court weighs emergency appeal by Abbott of abortion law ruling; Abbott also needs affidavit to vote; USA Today weighs in on Perry’s job poaching tour
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The Brief: Oct. 29, 2013
A ruling by a federal judge on Monday thrust abortion politics and Texas back into the national spotlight.
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The Brief: Oct. 28, 2013
Texas’ two biggest political celebrities of the moment — Wendy Davis and Ted Cruz — continue to make the biggest waves across the Lone Star State’s political scene.
