The latest Rick Perry news from The Texas Tribune.
Despite the disdain of Texas' Republican leadership, the state's component of the Obama administration's Weatherization Assistance Program has been quite successful — surpassing its goal of weatherizing more than 38,000 homes. Full Story
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Galbraith and Collier on the drought's economic impact, Grissom on the latest in the Morton and Skinner cases, Hamilton on university regents' potential conflicts of interest, Murphy on spending by Ron Paul's presidential campaign, Philpott on Rick Perry's plans for Social Security, Ramsey on the dirty little secret about dropouts, Ramshaw on how Perry and his staff downplayed allegations of abuse at state centers for the disabled, Root on Perry's flirtation with birtherism, M. Smith on GOP candidates making public ed their focus and Tan and Hamilton on why students in Texas illegally get access to state financial aid: The best of our best content from October 24 to 28, 2011. Full Story
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Rick Perry's presidential campaign is touting a positive "independent" analysis of its flat tax plan. But interviews, company literature and a visit to the office of the firm hired to review it indicate the research falls short of a rigorous economic analysis. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry tried to inject new energy into his campaign this week by hiring high-profile political players and unveiling his plans for a flat tax. But some self-inflicted wounds may have garnered more attention. Full Story
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Fellow Republican candidates aren't coming to Rick Perry's defense over the possibility that he might skip future debates. But to some extent, they can sympathize. Full Story
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Start this week's list by scratching off some names. Full Story
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We stuck with the presidential race and the governor in this week's nonscientific survey of political and government insiders, asking for their impressions of Gov. Rick Perry and how his candidacy reflects on the state. Full Story
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Bedeviled by debates, Rick Perry may have settled on a familiar strategy: skip them. Full Story
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In an interview with Piers Morgan that aired tonight on CNN, Donald Trump said the so-called birther issue is "positive" for Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign. Full Story
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This week on the TribCast, Evan, Ross, Reeve and special guest Ana Marie Cox review Rick Perry's week so far, including his birth certificate "joke," his campaign shake-up and his flat tax proposal. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry has delayed, for the second time, federally required disclosures about his wealth and income. The Federal Election Commission granted Perry a second 45-day extension for his personal financial statement. Full Story
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Whatever Gov. Rick Perry was doing with the birther issue, he isn’t doing it anymore. Perry now says he has no doubt Obama is a native U.S. citizen. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry does not support a Confederate flag specialty license plate under consideration by the state Department of Motor Vehicles board, he said in Florida this morning. Full Story
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In his flat-tax speech on Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry also listed five ways to fix Social Security. One of those, as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, is based on a system Galveston County created after opting out of the federal program. Full Story
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Rick Perry's presidential campaign reportedly spent $175,000 on its first ad buy in Iowa, whose crucial caucus is a little more than two months away. The ad focuses on job creation efforts in Texas during Perry's tenure as governor. Full Story
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"Birther" talk threatened to overshadow Rick Perry's attempted campaign reboot on Tuesday. Full Story
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As he runs for president, Gov. Rick Perry isn't working his old relationships with the Texas press. He's busy creating new ones — in the states critical to his campaign. Full Story
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Ever since he drew a multimillionaire opponent in 2002, Gov. Rick Perry has been releasing his tax returns to the media and has called on his rivals to do the same. He’s at it again. A spokesman is demanding that Mitt Romney release his. Full Story
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At a press conference hours after releasing his tax and spending plan, Rick Perry faced questions about his low poll numbers and his comments on Barack Obama's birth certificate. Full Story
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A series of bold moves could give Rick Perry the reboot he's looking for. Full Story
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