Secessionist Larry Kilgore of Mansfield is pulling out of the Republican primary race for governor and throwing his support behind Houston-area GOP activist Debra Medina.
Although the Republican primary race has been billed as a showdown between incumbent Gov. Rick Perry and his leading challenger, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Kilgore told PoliTex that he [...]
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports, "Tarrant medical examiner appointed to state forensic commission," by Alex Branch and Dave Montgomery.
Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nizam Peerwani was appointed Monday to the Texas Forensic Science Commission, the group that fell into controversy this fall when Gov. Rick Perry replaced several members.
Peerwani’s term on the [...]
Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced Monday afternoon that he has asked Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nizam Peerwani to serve on the Texas Forensic Science Commission through Sept. 1, 2011.
The commission, which oversees professional conduct in forensic laboratories and facilities in Texas, is the same one that Perry removed three members from [...]
One might imagine Perry's opponent to be a Democrat, but she is Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas' [...]
Recent statements and strategy decisions have made clear that U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison believes it is Republicans — and not independents or Democrats, as some others have suggested — who can lift her to victory over Gov. Rick Perry in the March GOP primary.
Hutchison's' [...]
We broke the story about how Rick Perry's chairman of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission was soliciting money for the governor's re-election campaign from the owners of bars and restaurants he regulates. Perry's reaction at the time: No problem. A Perry aide said there's nothing wrong with a state [...]
Granted, no one reads the Washington Times except Moonies and really, really stupid, but it's still a publication that gets cached on the web and simple searches reveal, once again, our Governor fully out of his depth...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday compared President Obama being awarded the Nobel [...]
Did Kay Bailey Hutchison support redistricting - the controversial, contentious and hyper-partisan exercise of 2003 when Gov. Rick Perry forced the Legislature into special session to redraw congressional boundaries two years after they'd already been redrawn, leading to the ouster of seven senior' [...]
Here comes the Rick Perry unemployment tax increase that we’ve been waiting for.
Nearly two-thirds of Texas businesses will see the unemployment taxes they pay per employee per year nearly triple – from $23.40 to $64.80 – under rates announced today by the Texas Workforce Commission.
The minimum tax is [...]
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst filed for re-election Tuesday and said he is setting his sights on another four years as the Senate's presiding officer.
Dewhurst, a wealthy Houston businessman, was earlier thought to be interested in the U.S. Senate seat now held by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is challenging Gov. Rick Perry [...]
Hours after filing for the Republican primary, Debra Medina was in North Fort Worth talking about health care, guns and special sessions.
Medina, who often gets overshadowed in the governor's race by Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, said the emergence of Houston Mayor Bill White in the Democratic [...]
While I never believed that Kay Bailey Hutchison would actually resign her Senate seat in order to run for Governor, I also never believed that she would drop her primary challenge to Rick Perry, even as he played his mind games with her to try to make her go away. [...]
Tea party activist Debra Medina filed for the Republican nomination for governor on Monday. The Wharton businesswoman becomes the third candidate to formally seek the GOP nomination. Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are also seeking the party nomination.
Media advocates smaller government and the protection of [...]
To no one's suprise, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison filed her candicacy to run against Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican governor's race and reaffirmed her intention to leave the Senate after the the March 2 Republican primary.
"I am running for governor of Texas. I am focused on this primary. I will leave [...]
