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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 7 months ago
In the second slap against Gov. Rick Perry by his own Legislature this week, the House agreed Friday to take more than $23 million out of Perry's office budget and would instead put it in mental health care services...In Perry's office, the money was...
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News Source: The Dallas Morning News
| 7 months ago
Texas – Gov. Rick Perry got a first-hand look at a small North Texas community ravaged by a wildfire. Perry was in the Montague County community of Stoneburg on Friday and walked around the charred remains of several homes. He called it the "most...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 7 months ago
Texas Governor Rick Perry answers questions regarding his comment about Texas retaining the right to secede. ( AP Photo/Harry Cabluck) Texas Governor Rick Perry is getting a lot of flack for his off-hand, tax-day comment that Texans might one day...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 7 months ago
Texas lawmakers have passed a measure to use more financial incentives to lure movie and television producers back to the state. The proposal, which passed the Senate on Friday on a 27-1 vote, now heads to the office of Gov. Rick Perry . Currently,...
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News Source: The Hill
| 7 months ago
State Rep. Brandon Creighton (R) distanced his legislation from Perry’s comments, which he said were made in the heat of the moment. “I think that was more a pep rally talk,” said Creighton. It wasn’t “a formal discussion on secession as...
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News Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram
| 7 months ago
We can only hope Rick Perry was kidding when he said Texas legally "would be able to leave" the United States anytime. If not, "he’s a fool," the head of the Texas A&M history department said Thursday. I checked with the governor’s old schools to...
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News Source: The Dallas Morning News
| 7 months ago
Gov. Rick Perry refused to back away Thursday from his words of empathy for secessionists, even as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether he was encouraging political extremists. "We have a great union," Perry said after a ceremony where he signed...
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News Source: The San Antonio Express-News
| 7 months ago
It's been three whole days since the humorist turned kamikaze candidate announced he's exploring another gubernatorial bid in 2010, and he's yet to earn the title for strangest comment made in the race. That distinction currently belongs to Perry,...
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News Source: Dallas Observer
| 7 months ago
In a sharp rebuff of Gov. Rick Perry, the Senate on Thursday tentatively voted to accept $555 million in unemployment aid from the federal economic stimulus plan. Senators voted 22-9 in favor of a bill by Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, that would...
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News Source: Houston Chronicle
| 7 months ago
With the fiery rhetoric of a prairie populist, Gov. Rick Perry calls on “Texas patriots” to protest against “bailouts, all this stimulus, all this runaway spending” in the nation’s capital. For weeks, the Republican governor has ratcheted...