Rick Perry Headlines
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Seeking to help the state's youngest students develop nutritious habits, Texas lawmakers on Tuesday approved banning the sale of sugary drinks in public elementary and junior high schools. In a 24-6 vote, the Senate advanced a bill that would limit beverage choices to water, low-fat milk and pure juice. Its ...
Recent editorials from Texas newspapers
El Paso Times. May 20, 2013. Military 'crisis': Sex crimes seen as epidemic The nation's top military leaders admit that they've failed to check an epidemic of sexual assault and sexual harassment in our uniformed services. "We're losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this ...
Texas search team to help after Okla. twister
Members of an elite search and rescue team from Texas have been dispatched to Oklahoma to help with recovery following a deadly tornado. Gov. Rick Perry on Monday night announced activation of Texas Task Force 1 (one). The emergency response came after a massive twister Monday afternoon in the Moore, ...
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members ...
Texas budget deal struck, but will Perry approve?
A deal on a Texas budget is finally done. Now the Legislature must withstand one final and furious week without sinking a compromise that restores nearly $4 billion to public schools and puts more water in the pipeline amid a historic drought. Gov. Rick Perry must also like this bargain, ...
Tornado-ravaged Texas town to start recovery
Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday. In Granbury, the area hardest hit by Wednesday night's exceptionally strong tornado, workers are trying to restore water ...
Dewhurst: Texas budget deal should be done Friday
A day of escalating tensions over stuck Texas budget talks ended late Thursday with the House and Senate on the apparent brink of a deal that would restore more than $4 billion to public schools gutted by historic spending cuts two years ago. Dewhurst told The Associated Press late Thursday ...
Perry shrugs off claim he's derailing budget talks
Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday shrugged off suggestions by top Democrats that his office is holding up delicate negotiations on the Texas budget by pressuring Republicans to steer money away from public education. The governor, holding a special ceremony to sign into law a measure that aims to protect against ...
Texas budget deal still elusive despite confidence
Compromise on a new Texas budget remained elusive late Wednesday as House and Senate negotiators worked deep into the night with no word of a deal after earlier confidence that one was imminent. Top negotiators had predicted a deal by midnight, yet remained holed up in back offices at the ...
Texas House approves Morton criminal justice bill
The House on Monday approved the Michael Morton Act, a measure designed to prevent wrongful convictions and named in honor of a Texan who spent nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. It would create a uniform "open file" policy in Texas, compelling prosecutors to ...
Hundreds of House bills dead _ at least for now
The final gun for passing legislation proposed by lawmakers in the Texas House sounded Friday, killing hundreds of bills, most of which never even made it to the floor for debate. While bills still have a few more days to win approval in the Senate or be revived as a ...
Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda
Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed for action on more ambitious efforts that face resistance from congressional Republicans. "We're poised for progress," he declared. The president chose the bustling Texas capital as a backdrop ...
Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit
A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games. But the ruling might not have settled the issue of whether the banners are protected free speech, according to an attorney for the cheerleaders' school district. State District ...
Perry: Special session if no $1.8B in tax cuts
With still more than two weeks to go in Texas' legislative session, Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday it's too early to issue ultimatums to lawmakers. Then he promptly issued one: Pass more tax cuts or work through the summer. Perry threatened to call legislators back after the session ends May ...
Man accused of shooting officer fights Iowa return
Authorities say a man arrested in Texas in connection with the shooting of an Iowa police officer is fighting extradition back to the state. The Sioux City Journal (http://bit.ly/107pFHE ) reports 21-year-old Jamal Dean has indicated to authorities that he intends to fight extradition. He is in a maximum security ...
NRA, gun control advocates say fight far from over
Leaders of the National Rifle Association, an influential gun rights group, told members Saturday that the fight against gun control legislation is far from over, but they vowed that none in the organization will ever have to surrender their weapons. Proponents of gun control also asserted that they are in ...
Texas House passes 12 firearms bills on 'gun day'
The Texas House approved a batch of bills Saturday to further soften gun laws that were already among the country's most firearms-friendly, allowing college students to carry handguns in class, putting potentially armed marshals in public schools and exempting the state from any future federal bans on assault rifles, high-capacity ...
NRA official: 'Culture war' more than gun rights
The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning to its members they are engaged in a "culture war" that stretches beyond gun rights, further ramping up emotions surrounding the gun control debate. NRA First Vice President James Porter, a Birmingham, Ala., attorney who will assume ...
Fresh off victory, top US gun lobby has convention
The powerful U.S. gun lobby has spent much of the past year under siege, defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting mounting pressure for stricter laws across the country. Now, after a major victory over President Barack Obama with the defeat of a gun control ...
Fresh off victory, NRA holds convention in Houston
The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington and state capitols across the country. Now, after winning a major victory over President Barack ...
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