Perry: When Business Profits, We All Profit
Gov. Rick Perry delivered the keynote address on Thursday morning for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s policy conference. Perry began his speech in a [...]
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2012 was Hottest Year on Record for Texas, U.S.
In 2010, in his anti-government screed Fed Up!, Rick Perry speculated that the planet was “experiencing a cooling trend.” It was a ridiculous, nihilistically [...]
Texas Legislature Reconvenes for a Strange, but Peaceful, Day One
Tuesday was opening day for the 83rd Legislature, and by noon the House and Senate floors were full again with lawmakers, lawmakers’ families and [...]
Perry’s Wish List: Spending Cap, Tax Relief, Fetal Pain Bill
Rick Perry was defiant as ever this afternoon at the Capitol. The governor sketched out his priorities for the legislative session in a brief [...]
Rick Perry’s Refusal to Expand Texas’ Medicaid Program Could Result In Thousands of Deaths
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is among several governors, mostly southern and Republican, who are resisting Medicaid expansion. If Texas doesn’t expand Medicaid, it will reject more than $100 billion in federal money the first decade, according to the state’s own figures.