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As other Republicans wrung their hands, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott cast the health care ruling as a victory — all except the part in which the law was upheld. Here’s his statement. I’ll have...
View ArticlePerry: Not on the ballot, ‘but I will be campaigning like I am’
Count Gov. Rick Perry among Republicans keying off the health-care decision to raise money as he works to ramp up fervor for the November election. In an e-mail with the subject line, “Channel Your...
View ArticleThe U.S. Senate air war: Payroll taxes and health care
Former state solicitor general Ted Cruz hits Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in his first television ad in the runoff period for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, accusing him of supporting the...
View ArticleNew Texas estimate for health care reform is $11 billion cheaper
On the heels of Gov. Rick Perry’s declaration that Texas won’t expand Medicaid, Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Tom Suehs said Thursday fully implementing the health care law would...
View ArticleGov. Perry wants apology from President Obama
Gov. Rick Perry — who skipped greeting President Obama on the tarmac in El Paso when the president visited Texas last year — issued a statement Tuesday on Obama’s fund-raising visit to El Paso and...
View ArticlePerry: Candidates should be ‘transparent’ about tax returns, transcripts
Gov. Rick Perry, who in his 2010 re-election campaign called on Democrat Bill White to release more tax returns, was asked by reporters at the Capitol Tuesday whether Mitt Romney should do the same....
View ArticlePresident draws supporters, few protestors in Austin
BY ANDREW MESSAMORE AND MIKAELA RODRIGUEZ Barack Obama’s fundraising tour through Austin drew a large, diverse crowd outside of Austin Music Hall Tuesday. Supporters ranging in age, race and...
View ArticleCruz, with Romney team, accuses Obama of ‘executive arrogance’
Former Texas solicitor general Ted Cruz moved into high gear Tuesday with the Romney campaign, accusing President Obama of “executive arrogance” in seeking to allow changes in how states meet work...
View ArticlePerry votes for Romney (we think)
Gov. Rick Perry expressed support for University of Texas plans to build a new medical school in Austin but declined to say how he voted on a local proposition to increase property taxes to help...
View ArticleGov. Perry: President Obama has ‘a chance to start over’
Gov. Rick Perry’s statement on President Obama’s re-election: “The American people have given President Obama a chance to start over. He can take steps this time to govern responsibly. He can work...
View ArticleLawmakers here and gone
Lawmakers just convened a week ago with a plate full of important challenges on issues including education, water and transportation, but the House and Senate have already broken for an extra-long...
View ArticlePerry: ‘Quit playing politics, Mr. President’
Gov. Rick Perry slammed the looming federal budget cuts known as sequestration as a national “failure of leadership” Tuesday and said President Obama should “quit playing politics.” Perry, talking to...
View ArticleHouston conservative says he’ll sue over Obamacare (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Phillip Martin of the progressive activist group Progress Texas said: “Hotze’s lawsuit appears to be a copy-cat lawsuit of one already filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation. As the Department...
View ArticlePerry raises specter of special session over tax relief, water plan
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday it’s too early to draw a line in the sand about what lawmakers need to do on issues, including tax relief, if they want to keep him from calling a special session when...
View ArticleAbbott says Medicaid opt-in would be ‘forever,’ feds disagree
Attorney General Greg Abbott, in a telephone town hall meeting Monday night related to his campaign for governor, was asked by a caller about the state’s decision against finding a way to get more...
View ArticleGov. Rick Perry burned by CNN contributor’s zinger
AUSTIN — As President Obama and Texas Gov. Rick Perry are poised for a face-to-face Wednesday on the contentious issue of border security, politicians and political commentators are duking it out on...
View ArticleAbbott confident in Obama lawsuit over immigration action
AUSTIN – Gov.-elect Greg Abbott expressed confidence Sunday morning that Texas is on firm legal footing to sue President Barack Obama over his executive action on immigration, disputing the White...
View ArticleAbbott to meet with Obama at White House
AUSTIN — As he prepares his 31st lawsuit against Barack Obama, Gov.-elect Greg Abbott is heading to the White House to meet the president in person. Abbott is among six newly elected governors who are...
View ArticleHow Abbott’s meeting with Obama went, according to Abbott
AUSTIN — Gov.-elect Greg Abbott on Thursday morning offered a lengthy account of perhaps his most unlikely meeting since being elected in November: coming face-to-face with his favorite litigant in...
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