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Perry Disgusted By Shocking Cartoon

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics

AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he's disgusted a California newspaper ran a cartoon that depicts him boasting about booming business in T...

Perry Honors Slain DA At Memorial

AP | NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics

MESQUITE, Texas — A slain North Texas district attorney and his wife were mourned Thursday by a shaken community that recalled the couple's love...

Perry Gives Speech At Major Conservative Gathering

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) addressed the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. Perry used the speech to take a hit at President...

Perry Addresses CPAC

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) accused President Barack Obama of endangering the public as a political strategy by releasing undocumented immigrants from d...

Rick Perry Brushes Off GOP Worry Of Takeover

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 02.24.2013 | Politics

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) brushed off worries that the state may take a Democratic turn, saying the Lone Star State going blue “is the biggest piped...

Judge Rules Texas Public School Funding System Unconstitutional

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 04.07.2013 | Politics

AUSTIN, Texas — The system Texas uses to fund public schools violates the state's constitution by not providing enough money to school districts...

Perry To Dem Gov: Be Jealous

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 01.12.2013 | Politics

Gov. Rick Perry (R) took a hit at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) during a policy forum Thursday, saying Cuomo would "dearly love to be able to stand u...

Perry Expresses 'Burning Desire,' Fights To Keep Tea Party Support

Dallas Morning News | Posted 12.30.2012 | Politics

AUSTIN — While Gov. Rick Perry says he is focused on the upcoming legislative session, most believe his peripheral vision is filled with White House...

Perry: 'Obamacare May Fail'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 12.08.2012 | Politics

Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) expressed doubts about President Barack Obama's health care reform, saying he thinks it "may fail" in an interview with ...

Perry Nabs Victory In Battle Against Planned Parenthood

Reuters | Posted 12.26.2012 | Politics

By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court declined on Thursday to reconsider a ruling that would a...

Rick Perry Issues Challenge For State Universities

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.24.2012 | College

Texas Gov. Rick Perry doesn't believe public colleges should be able increase students tuition each year. At the Texas Tribune festival, a three-da...

State Mulls Restrictions Of Contentious Perry Therapy

AP | JIM VERTUNO | Posted 06.13.2012 | Politics

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Medical Board on Friday approved new rules on experimental stem cell therapies such as the one Gov. Rick Perry underwe...

Rick Perry Slams Obama

The Hill | Alicia M. Cohn | Posted 03.17.2012 | Politics

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Friday attacked the Obama administration for “a clear violation of the 10th Amendment” in denying Texas the “right ...

Firm That Held Perry's Stem Cells May Be Probed By FDA

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 03.15.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has received a complaint against a company that stored adult stem cells from Texas Governor Rick Perry ...

Perry: 'Always Remember The Third Thing'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 05.04.2012 | Politics

Rick Perry joked that he would "work on some debate skills and always remember the third thing" if he ran for president in 2016. The Texas governor...

Texas Looks To Fund Health Program Despite Possible Setbacks

AP | By WILL WEISSERT | Posted 03.09.2012 | Politics

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday directed state officials to begin looking for money to keep the Medicaid Women's Health ...

Jason Cherkis

Gov. Rick Perry May Face Cold Shoulder Back Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 01.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In his farewell speech to a less-than-sterling run for the presidency, Gov. Rick Perry offered a message for his fellow Texans. "So n...

Jason Cherkis

Let The Mud Fly: Read Texas Dems' 500-Page Rick Perry Opposition Book

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 01.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Running for the 2008 GOP nomination, John McCain's campaign team pulled together 200 pages of dirt on his 2008 rival Mitt Romney, posted...

Republican Slugfest

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 02.11.2012 | Politics
Joe Peyronnin

The ultimate winner of the Republican nomination will have to unite a battered party in order to defeat President Barack Obama. And they will have to keep Congressman Ron Paul from declaring as a third party candidate, which is a real possibility.

Movie Review: Incendiary: The Willingham Case

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.07.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Given the zeitgeist about the death penalty and the execution of innocent people from the Troy Davis Case -- and the presidential campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry -- the timing couldn't be better for the release of the documentary, Incendiary: The Willingham Case.

Family Planning: 'The Best of Times, the Worst of Times'

Robert Walker | Posted 11.22.2011 | Politics
Robert Walker

The world's largest donor nation, the United States, is retreating on its commitments to international family planning, and other donor nations may follow suit.

Rick Perry Errs on the Side of Death

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 11.14.2011 | Politics
Peter J. Ognibene

When it came to life or death for Cameron Todd Willingham in February 2004, Perry erred irrevocably on the side of death.

Watching Bachmann Watch Obama

Al Eisele | Posted 11.08.2011 | Politics
Al Eisele

I can't wait to watch President Obama's speech before a joint session of Congress tonight, and it's not because of what he'll say or whether it will boost his popularity ratings, but how Rep. Michele Bachmann will react, assuming she even bothers to attend.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky: Responding to the EPA Naysayers

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.02.2011 | Green
Marcia G. Yerman

I reached out to Schakowsky with questions about disinformation on regulation, GOP rhetoric on energy, Gov. Perry's vilification of the EPA, and her commitment to the environment. It was just what the doctor ordered.

Why I Don't Want Another President From Texas

Al Eisele | Posted 10.21.2011 | Politics
Al Eisele

Three of the last nine presidents were from Texas and each of them led us into disastrous wars that have divided our nation, bankrupted our economy, undermined our world image, eroded our military might and killed and maimed tens of thousands.