Gov. Rick Perry warned Texas lawmakers not to start making grand plans for the multibillion-dollar budget surplus and the growing Rainy Day Fund.
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News App: The 2012 Election Brackets
The candidates have filed for the May 29 primary elections, and we’ve updated our election brackets to reflect the final filing period.
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State Government
TribLive: A Conversation with David Simpson
Full video of my January 26 TribLive conversation with state Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview.
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Health care
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Tan and Dehn talk to some of Gov. Rick Perry’s allies about his return to Texas, Aaronson maps (interactively!) the insured and the uninsured among us, E. Smith’s TribLive interview with state Rep. David Simpson on Perry’s race and TSA pat-downs, M. Smith on a Texas school so broke it’s shutting down sports, Whitney on a split in the legal community over divorce forms, KUT’s Philpott on abuse in state hospitals, Ramshaw reports on the governor’s decision not to repay taxpayers for protection during his presidential campaign and Aguilar on the state’s attempts to put its voter ID law in force: The best of our best content from January 23-27, 2012.
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Video: Perry Loyalists Say He’s Far From Finished
A new poll shows Gov. Rick Perry’s approval numbers in Texas are tanking, but his loyalists are quick to make the case for why he remains a powerful force.
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State Government
Back to San Antonio for Maps and Dates
Three federal judges in San Antonio are going back, literally, to the drawing board for new political maps for Texas, and to decide when to have primary elections. The same things, in other words, they were trying to work out in November.
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State Government
Yeah, He Lost, But…
Rick Perry is still the Republican governor of a strongly Republican state. He controls the executive branch, maintains strong ties with business, has relatively weak opponents, and has run circles around the media.
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Politics
The Morning After: Perry Returns from the Trail
When the Legislature decamped from Austin in July, there was a sense of order in Texas politics. And yet, as Rick Perry returns a mere seven months later, conditions on the ground in Texas border on the chaotic.
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TribLive: Simpson on Perry and the 2012 Race
At this morning’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, discussed his opposition to Rick Perry’s presidential bid and his dissatisfaction with the GOP frontrunners.
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State Government
Perry at Home: Fewer Foes = Fewer Complaints
Lame duck or not, Rick Perry is still the Republican governor of a strongly Republican state. In Texas, he controls the levers of government, muzzles the news media and has no meaningful political opposition.