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Perry fails to name third department his platform seeks to eliminate

| 11.10.11 | 9:01 am | View Article

In what is being described as a “royal gaffe” and a “senior moment” during Wednesday night’s GOP presidential debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry failed to remember the third federal department his platform seeks to eliminate if elected president.
It’s being seen as a flub that could seriously hamper his already sinking chances for the presidential nomination. More …

VIDEO: Ron Paul launches Minnesota campaign

Jon Collins | 11.07.11 | 1:39 pm | The Minnesota Independent | View Article

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul launched the Minnesota portion of his presidential campaign with a spirited rally at the St. Cloud Civic Center Saturday. More …

Cindy Jacobs (via Right Wing Watch)

‘Response’ endorser says event healed Native American cannibal curse

| 09.14.11 | 12:39 pm | View Article

Image by Matt Mahurin“The Response,” Gov. Rick Perry’s August prayer rally, not only brought thousands of Christians to pray for a “nation in crisis,” but also broke the curse of Native American cannibalism, said Cindy Jacobs, a self-proclaimed prophet and an endorser of the event. More …

Texas Army National Guard helicopters respond to North Texas fires in April. (Staff Sgt. Malcolm McClendon/Flickr)

Rick Perry slams feds for slow fire aid, after huge cuts to quicker state response

| 09.07.11 | 1:00 pm | View Article

As fire crews continue battling some of the worst blazes this dry state has seen in years, Texas Gov. Rick Perry took a break from his presidential campaign early this week, for a look at what he called “one of the meanest fires I’ve ever seen,” taking aerial tours of More…

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VIDEO: Ron Paul Iowa ad attacks Perry for Gore support, touts connection to Reagan

Lynda Waddington | 09.06.11 | 12:16 pm | The Iowa Independent | View Article

The latest ad offering from the 2012 presidential campaign of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul contrasts the southerner and his Texas-based rival Rick Perry, making specific note of Perry’s former support for Democrat Al Gore. More …

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas (Patrick Michels/Texas Independent)

Joe Barton tells town hall crowd grounds for impeaching Obama ‘not yet provable’

| 08.26.11 | 4:16 pm | View Article

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton joined around 100 of his closest constituents Thursday night for a town hall meeting in the Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield, with an hourlong chat focused on curbing federal spending, with departures into Barton’s retirement finances, the future of the U.S. Postal Service and, as has More…

University of Texas Tower/flickr user dereksky

UT Chancellor lays out broad plan for higher education reform

New reform framework unites critics and supporters of 'seven breakthrough solutions'
| 08.26.11 | 11:34 am | View Article

In much-anticipated remarks to the University of Texas Board of Regents Thursday, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa laid out a broad nine-point plan More… to streamline operations across the system, increase accountability and expand science and medical education around the state.

Facing loss of state funds, Austin hospital district cuts abortion access for low-income women

| 08.12.11 | 11:08 am | View Article

Facing the threat of losing its state funding under a new law, the board of Austin’s Central Health voted Thursday night to stop providing abortions to low-income women, the Austin American-Statesman reported. More …