Rick Perry Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Rick Perry.
Authorities: Texas blast probe may be done May 10
The investigation of a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant will likely finish within the next two weeks, state authorities told lawmakers Wednesday, but they also warned that the cause of the catastrophic blast might never be known. "As you can imagine, with this explosion site and the complexities ...
Recent editorials from Texas newspapers
Longview News-Journal. April 24, 2013. West's message: Chemical plant regulation necessary, needs revamp All the facts are not yet known and investigators have not said with certainty what caused a deadly explosion last week at a fertilizer plant in West. But we have learned since the blast that West Fertilizer ...
Perry disgusted by cartoon depicting explosion
Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he's disgusted a California newspaper ran a cartoon that depicts him boasting about booming business in Texas, then shows an explosion, a week after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 people in a Texas town. Perry said he wants an apology from the Sacramento Bee ...
Obama consoles families, survivors of Texas blast
President Barack Obama consoled a rural Texas community rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, telling mourners Thursday they are not alone in their grief and they will have the nation's support to rebuild from the devastation. "This small town's family is bigger now," Obama said during a memorial service ...
Firefighters gather for Texas plant blast memorial
Firefighters and first responders from all over Texas have gathered in Waco to honor those who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West. Video messages from family members were played Thursday during a memorial service in Waco, about 90 miles south of Dallas. President Barack Obama, Texas Gov. ...
State lottery lives on in Texas House _ but barely
Turns out the survival of the Texas Lottery had better odds than its games — but just barely. A Wednesday vote in the House to disband the lottery in four years garnered 94 votes, six short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval. The failed measure would have shut down ...
Czechs to send funds to blast-hit Texas town
The Czech Republic plans to donate 4 million koruna (some $200,000) to help the Texas town of West recover from a devastating fertilizer plant explosion. The government decided to the provide aid in solidarity because a significant number of people in the town of 2,700 have Czech roots. The blast ...
Senate OKs Rainy Day Fund spending for schools
Texas public schools pummeled by historic budget cuts in 2011 would recover nearly 70 percent of that funding under a Senate plan approved late Tuesday and made possible by Republicans softening on a longstanding reluctance to tap the state's Rainy Day Fund for education. A major part of the bipartisan ...
Texas town where plant blew starts long recovery
From money, food and clothing to new appliances and crews armed with chain saws, help is pouring into the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant exploded. As the donations come in, how long and how much it will take for West to come back aren't yet known. Residents have ...
Tea Party flexes muscles in Texas GOP Senate win
Once again, the Republican Establishment has been sent a strong message by the voters, this time in Texas, as longshot candidate Rafael "Ted" Cruz won an easy win Tuesday over the sitting Lt. Governor of the Lone Star State in a battle for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. "Tonight’s ...
Perry Looks For Turnaround
Well behind in the polls, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is using a new internet video to try to combat worries about whether he won't be in the GOP Presidential race for very long. "I have never quit a day in my life," Perry says. "I have never quit in the ...
The Iowa GOP Jumble
While waiting for a Mitt Romney event last night outside Des Moines, I ran into a number of my colleagues in the political press corps. We agreed on one thing - we can't predict what's next in this Republican race for the White House. The polls in recent days have ...
Iowa GOP Debate
While there were no knockdowns or gaffes, Thursday night's final GOP debate here in Iowa gave voters the green light on a final 18 day sprint to the finish line in the Hawkeye State, as Republicans zinged each other and fired on the Obama Administration. The Fox News anchors who ...
Perry v Cain
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is denying charges leveled by Herman Cain that Perry’s campaign is responsible for leaking stories to the press about sexual harassment allegations leveled at Cain over the past week. “Our campaign had nothing to do with it,” said Perry, as this story finally begins to get ...
Romney v Perry
As the Republican candidates for President leave Sin City after their debate on Tuesday night, it's clear that more sharp elbows are in the forecast as the GOP hopefuls try to separate themselves from each other. It was a feisty debate on the Las Vegas Strip, as the candidates began ...
GOP Vegas Debate Preview
The hours before a debate often have some of the qualities of the hours before a football game, as we try to figure out which candidate might do what in tonight's Republican debate in Las Vegas. In an appearance on the Neal Boortz Show, Texas Gov. Rick Perry didn't give ...
Dartmouth Debate Post Mortem
While it didn't have as many fireworks and teeth-chattering exchanges as the three GOP debates in September, the Republican forum last night at Dartmouth College may have strengthened the hand of the top tier in that party's race for the White House. Once again, Mitt Romney seemed more than ready ...
Cain To Target Romney
One different thing about tonight's debate in New Hampshire is that each Republican candidate will get a chance to ask one question of one of their competitors. That could make for some interesting exchanges depending on the pairs involved and the query. The way the candidates are arranged on stage ...
More Cain Momentum
For weeks, we have talked about whether one of the "second tier" candidates could have a big moment at one of the GOP Presidential debates, allowing them to jump up in the polls. Right now, Herman Cain is that candidate. A new poll from CBS News last night showed Cain ...
2012 GOP Update
Whether you think the Iowa Straw Poll is an important event or a lot of political fluff, it did demonstrate the relative state of the race for the White House on the Republican side, especially with the withdrawal of Tim Pawlenty. The victory of Michele Bachmann could make her the ...
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