Texas Governor

Get A Four-Year Degree In Texas For $9,700

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.08.2012

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Officials from several Texas universities and community colleges announced Tuesday a plan to make college tuition more affordable for students, laying...

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Poll Reveals Trouble Ahead For Perry

AP | WILL WEISSERT and JIM VERTUNO | Posted 03.27.2012

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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's White House bid tarnished his image enough that he's about as popular in his solidly Republican home sta...

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Rick Perry: Obama's Delay On Keystone Pipeline Puts 'Soliders' Lives In Jeopardy'

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.15.2011

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's move to delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline puts American live...

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Rick Perry Makes A Texas-Sized Flip On Spending

AP | By WILL WEISSERT | Posted 11.14.2011

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AUSTIN, Texas -- Rick Perry, who bashes federal spending everywhere he goes on the presidential campaign trail, has spent 11 years as Texas' governor ...

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Sam Stein

Rick Perry Signs Anti-Gay Marriage Pledge Before Mingling With Virulently Anti-Gay Activist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans who support gay rights have seen their brief hopes for Rick Perry's candidacy dashed as old quotes surface, new pledges are ...

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Howard Fineman

Karl Rove Created Rick Perry -- Now Can He Stop Him?

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 10.19.2011

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Karl Rove won't say it aloud, but he is afraid of Rick Perry: afraid that the smack-talking Texas governor will wreck the GOP's chances of winning the White House and the Senate in 2012.

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Republican Activists Court Rick Perry For President

AP | By STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 09.26.2011

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EXETER, N.H. -- Still searching for a 2012 candidate, Republican activists from New Hampshire plan to visit Texas next week to encourage Gov. Rick Per...

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Rick Perry 'Comfortable' With Idea Of Presidential Run

AP | Posted 09.16.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he'll likely decide in two or three weeks whether he'll run for president. The conservative Republican...

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John Rudolf

Milton Mathis, Convicted Killer, Executed In Texas Despite Evidence Of Retardation

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 12.01.2011

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A man convicted of slaying two people and critically injuring a third in a drug house shooting was executed on Tuesday evening by Texas officials, des...

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Former Texas Governor Bill Clements Dead

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 07.29.2011

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AUSTIN, Texas — Former Texas Gov. Bill Clements, who in 1979 became the state's first Republican elected governor since Reconstruction, has died...

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When You Can't Think... Test

Pamela Kripke | Posted 05.25.2011

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What do the state's education people do to reverse its sorry statistics? Here's a hint. They don't improve curriculums beyond the rote memorization model, or spend more cash per pupil.

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Amanda Terkel

The Next Sarah Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) and Sarah Palin may look nothing alike, but they increasingly have more and more in common with one another, w...

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TX-Gov: 50% Perry (R), 40% White (D) (University of Texas/Texas Tribune 10/11-18)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

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YouGov for University of Texas / Texas Tribune 10/11-18/10; 797 registered voters, 3.5% margin of error Mode: Internet Texas Tribune release Texas ...

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Texas Governor Election 2010: Predict The Winner! (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Who will be the next Texas Governor? Republican incumbent Gov. Rick Perry will face off against Democratic challenger Bill White on Nov. 2, and we'd ...

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TX-Gov: 53% Perry (R), 42% White (D) (Rasmussen 10/6)

Huffington Post | Brad J Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rasmussen 10/6/10; 750 Likely voters, 4% margin of error Mode: Automated phone (Rasmussen release) Texas 2010 Governor 53% Perry (R), 42% White (D)...

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TX-Gov: 48% Perry (R), 43% White (D) (Texas Lyceum 9/22-30)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Texas Lyceum 9/22-30/10; 416 likely voters, 4.8% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews (Texas Lyceum release) Texas 2010 Governor 48% Perr...

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TX-Gov: 50% Perry (R), 36% White (D) (Public Strategies 9/26-10/2)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Public Strategies / KENS 5 / Texas Belo 9/26-10/2/10; 1,000 likely voters, 3.7% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews (KENS 5 story) Texas ...

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Texas Governor Offers Unemployed Two Choices: Buy a Job or Just Say Thanks

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Farris

That's the kind of Governor Texas has. A governor who thinks being unemployed in Texas is a good thing. That sure explains a lot. Out of a job? That just means you have more time to explore the wild yonder of the Texas-Mexico border.

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By Wealthy Men, For Wealthy Men: Texas Governor Rick Perry's Testosterone-Fueled Prize Package

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Governor Perry is giving his best campaigners a chance to win exclusive prizes -- because nothing says "grassroots" like Forbes Wealthiest Americans giving away free shooting lessons at a gun range.

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Rick Perry's Men-Only Fundraiser Dinner

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Guess who's not coming to dinner? In an invitation circulating this week, Governor Rick Perry is inviting some of his closest, wealthiest friends to a "Wild Game" dinner in Houston--just not their wives.

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Did Newsweek's Rick Perry Cover Story Get It Wrong?

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a recent cover story, Newsweek lionized Perry as the ruggedly handsome Marlboro man with thick waves of hair who might be the next Ronald Reagan, r...

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Rick Perry Protesters Call Texas Governor 'Chicken' For Not Debating Opponent Bill White (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don't worry chicken fans, your avian friends are back on the political scene. Just when you thought the birds had gone the way of Nevada Senate candid...

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Rick Perry At Southern Republican Leadership Conference Urges Republicans To Say 'No'

AP | RON FOURNIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — Texas Gov. Rick Perry says Republican congressional candidates must say "no" – no to President Barack Obama, and no to anyth...

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Texas Curriculum Changes Front And Center In Governor's Race

Fort Worth Star-Telegram | TRACI SHURLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White on Tuesday said he wants Gov. Rick Perry to ask State Board of Education Chairwoman Gail Lowe to send th...

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Rick Perry's Secret Plan for Texas Border Security: "Ridiculous"

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Farris

Pop quiz: Who has better hair than Sarah Palin, also seems to believe their proximity to another country makes them qualified to run a country and wh...

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