The Evening Brief: Sept. 18, 2013
Your evening reading: Perry dismisses criticism of Maryland gun factory tour; Cruz praises Boehner for advancing effort to defund Obamacare; Abbott unlikely to sue over San Antonio ordinance Full Story
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Group Targets Perry's Business-Recruiting Trips
As Gov. Rick Perry visits Maryland in his latest effort to recruit businesses to relocate to Texas, a Washington, D.C.-based group is taking aim at the governor’s trips and raising questions over how they are funded. Full Story
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The Brief: Sept. 17, 2013
Gov. Rick Perry has added more fuel to his fight with the federal government over Obamacare. Full Story
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Perry's Communications Director Leaving for Insurance Department Job
Allison Castle, the governor's communications director, is leaving for a job at the Texas Department of Insurance. Full Story
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The Brief: Sept. 13, 2013
Gov. Rick Perry's latest jobs pitch has yet another Democratic governor crying foul. Full Story
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Perry Takes Aim at Maryland in Latest Campaign
Maryland is Gov. Rick Perry's latest target as he works to lure out-of-state businesses to the Lone Star State. Full Story
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Video: Newsreel: Waiting and Watching and Calling
In this week's Newsreel: Gov. Rick Perry dons fashionable new glasses, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says he will renounce his Canadian citizenship, state Sen. Wendy Davis keeps her supporters waiting and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst tries to spring a relative from jail. Full Story
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San Antonio Attorney to Investigate Complaint Against Perry
San Antonio defense attorney Michael McCrum has been appointed to investigate a complaint alleging that Gov. Rick Perry abused his power when he threatened to cut funding for the state's Public Integrity Unit. Full Story
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The Evening Brief: Aug. 14, 2013
Your evening reading: Perry supporters launching new national group; Stockman invites Obama-mocking rodeo clown to Texas; Senate candidate attacks Davis in new video ad Full Story
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Dewhurst Campaign Owes Vendors Nearly $1 Million
It’s been more than a year since Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst lost his bid to become a U.S. senator, but his campaign still owes consultants and vendors nearly $1 million, Federal Election Commission records show. Full Story
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Kathy Walt Returns to Team Perry
Kathy Walt is returning to the Capitol to become Gov. Rick Perry’s chief of staff, the governor’s office announced Monday. Full Story
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The Polling Center: Perry’s Whack at the Obamacare Piñata
While most Americans do in fact have an opinion on the Affordable Care Act, to say that they understand it — at all, let alone “all too well” — runs contrary to the data currently available. Full Story
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Sebelius: We're Open to "Uniquely Texan" Expansion of Medicaid
The federal government is open to expanding Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act in a way that is “uniquely Texan,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday in Austin. Full Story
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Travis County Will Fund Public Integrity Unit
Travis County taxpayers will take on the cost of the state's Public Integrity Unit, though at a much-reduced rate, after Gov. Rick Perry eliminated state funding for the office in June. Full Story
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Davis Remarks Fuel Democrats' Excitement
Remarks Sen. Wendy Davis made Monday are fueling speculation that she's going to run for governor, giving Democrats renewed hope in GOP-ruled Texas. But breaking a 20-year losing streak won't be easy. Full Story
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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda
Texas legislators might eventually get the transportation funding bill the governor asked them for, but it's not the stuff parades are made of: They've already blown two chances. Full Story
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Feds Approve Texas' Request for West Recovery
The West community will receive additional federal funding to rebuild following the explosion of a fertilizer depot in April that killed 15 people and flattened much of the town, Gov. Rick Perry announced on Friday. Full Story
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Tribpedia: Introducing the Abbott Archives
First we brought you Perrypedia, the go-to source for all things Rick Perry. Today, we're rolling out the Abbott Archives, your home for original news, multimedia and aggregated content on Attorney General Greg Abbott. Full Story
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New Special Session Brings Renewed Hope for Campus Construction
Despite broad bipartisan support, lawmakers have been unsuccessful this year in their efforts to pass a bill issuing tuition revenue bonds to fund campus construction. Another special session may provide them with an opportunity to try again. Full Story
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Perry Calls Third Special Session, Focuses on Transportation Funding
UPDATED: Just over an hour after lawmakers ended their second 30-day special session of the year, Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday called lawmakers back for a third one, with transportation funding the only issue on the agenda. Full Story
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