Rick Perry has New Job with Dental Insurer that Once was a Donor
A year out of office, former Gov. Rick Perry has a new gig: chief strategy officer at MCNA Dental, the largest privatively held dental insurance company in the country. Full Story
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A year out of office, former Gov. Rick Perry has a new gig: chief strategy officer at MCNA Dental, the largest privatively held dental insurance company in the country. Full Story
Ted Cruz on Tuesday went further than ever in needling Donald Trump, suggesting Democrats are behind the billionaire's questions about his citizenship. Full Story
Alleging that Texas has dramatically eroded its safeguards against air and water pollution, two environmental groups are asking the federal government to step in. Full Story
Three days after Gov. Greg Abbott called for a convention of states to dramatically amend the U.S. Constitution, few high-ranking Republicans in Texas have backed his proposal. Full Story
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is hoping to beat expectations in New Hampshire, a state where his fire-breathing brand of evangelically tinged conservatism has not traditionally been an ideal fit Full Story
U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Richardson, is throwing his support behind Ted Cruz for president, giving the U.S. senator from Texas the seventh congressional endorsement from his home state. Full Story
Ted Cruz is betting on Iowa and the South to deliver him the GOP nomination. A detailed look at his travel schedule shows just how much of Cruz's time has been invested in this unique approach to seeking the White House. Full Story
Texas GOP Chairman Tom Mechler has decided to withdraw a proposal that would have changed the first four early voting states after hearing concerns from Ted Cruz. Full Story
Ted Cruz logged hundreds of miles on Iowa's snow-dusted roads last week, working to make the case that his rise to the front of the GOP pack there is not a flash in the pan. Here are five takeaways from his exhaustive visit. Full Story
Texas professors are still fighting to keep their classrooms gun free. But the state's top universities appear to be reaching a consensus that banning guns in classes will soon be illegal. Full Story
No one has taken on more roles in the Cruz campaign than Heidi Cruz. On leave from her career at Goldman Sachs in Houston, she has embarked on a journey unlike any she has navigated before to serve the ambitions of her husband. Full Story
With his GOP rivals raising questions about Ted Cruz's citizenship, an issue long dormant in the presidential race has suddenly moved to the forefront and the Texas senator finds himself explaining the particulars of his Canadian birth. Full Story
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott discussed details about a terror suspect arrested in Texas Thursday while the case was still sealed, but a federal prosecutor downplayed the impact. Full Story
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Friday suggested Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, should get a "spanking" for her response to the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks. Full Story
Former Gov. Rick Perry is raising concerns about Ray L. Hunt’s proposal to buy Oncor, state’s largest electric transmission company — speaking out as Texas regulators prepare to kick off hearings on the mammoth deal. Full Story
The Texas governor unveiled Fed Up! 2.0 on Friday — calling on his fellow provincial leaders to assemble for a constitutional convention that would empower the state governments and constrain the federal government. Full Story
In a fresh — but long shot — assertion of states’ rights, Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for a convention of U.S. states to pass nine new amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Full Story
A rising star in Republican politics, U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, is going to bat for his Houston House colleague John Culberson. Full Story
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Wayne Christian has resumed his campaign for Texas railroad commissioner, ending a short hiatus that shook up the Republican primary contest. Full Story