Rick Perry

Ka-ching: Rick Perry's plan for Texa$ universities

2013-05-13 12:09:00

There are three things Rick Perry would like to do to the great public universities of Texas, but he can only remember two of them. That’s a joke. You may remember that during a 2012 presidential debate, he started to list three departments of...

Republican senators boycott vote on EPA nominee

2013-05-09 16:37:00

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday on President Obama's nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, drawing accusations of obstructionism from Democrats. Republicans on the Senate...

At NRA convention, both sides of gun debate

2013-05-03 18:50:00

HOUSTON — On the morning of the first day of the National Rifle Assn. convention, before the doors opened, scores of visitors lined up outside the convention center, part of what organizers expect will be a record crowd. Among them was Tilman...

NRA convention gets underway; Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent on tap

2013-05-03 05:30:00

HOUSTON -- The National Rifle Assn.’s annual convention begins in earnest Friday in Houston, with leaders who have spent the year defending the group in the wake of mass shootings emboldened by the recent defeat of federal gun control legislation...

Letters: Narrowing the NRA

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Re "Both sides of debate at NRA convention," May 4 When the National Rifle Assn. backed improved background checks on gun buyers in the 1990s, the organization truly was nonpartisan. Time and money have changed that. Witness the lineup of speakers...

Texas explosion: Gov. Perry describes 'absolute devastation'

2013-04-19 19:03:00

WEST, Texas -- Authorities here said Friday that the death toll from the fertilizer plant explosion� Wednesday night� stood at at least 14 people, but they were optimistic that the number of those unaccounted for -- placed at about 60 earlier in the day...

Utah, Virginia are next up on woo-California-businesses circuit

2013-04-10 18:31:00

First it was Texas Gov. Rick Perry who came to California with his cowboy swagger and boasts about lassoing away businesses. Then the South Dakota governor swept through to recruit dairy farmers. Soon after, the Iowa governor made an appearance. Now...

In Texas, mourning those on front lines of blast

2013-04-19 19:44:00

WEST, Texas — Residents here know the code of sirens, the language of a small-town Texas fire department. As the big fire trucks lumber along, one blast means they're heading to a small blaze; two means a fire drill or meeting. Then things get...

Republicans turn back effort to change party rules

2013-04-10 20:31:00

As members of the Republican National Committee met in Hollywood to debate how to reverse their party's recent losses in presidential campaigns, they narrowly defeated an effort by a Virginia committeeman to undo all the changes to party rules made during...

Fertilizer plant blast stuns, shatters Texas town

2013-04-18 18:42:00

WEST, Texas — Alicia McCowan had just finished her shift at the Sonic drive-in when the blast erupted nearby, leveling buildings in a wide circle. Above, a mushroom cloud bloomed against a yellow-pink sky. She knew the source — the West...

Rain hampers search for survivors of Texas explosion [Update]

2013-04-18 09:53:00

Even as as President Obama pledged federal assistance to the devastated community, morning rainfall was hampering search and rescue efforts Thursday at the site of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, which killed as many as 15 people and...

Bob Perry dies at 80; Houston real estate magnate who supported GOP candidates

2013-04-16 16:45:00

Bob Perry, a Houston real estate magnate who shunned the limelight while generously bankrolling Republican Party candidates and becoming a force in a new era of lavish spending in American politics, has died. He was 80. Perry died in his sleep...

Texas Governor Rick Perry, left, laughs at a joke told by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, right, during a session called "State Legislative Best Practices in Support of Bioscience Economic Development" at the BIO International Convention at McCormick Place in Chicago.

2013-04-23 00:00:00

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in Beverly Hills, talks about his campaign to lure California businesses to Texas.

2013-02-12 00:00:00

"Poaching doesn't work," said a statement from California Gov. Jerry Brown's office, addressing out-of-state efforts to lure jobs away.

2013-02-06 10:40:38