Perry, Paul to hold town halls in New Hampshire
Gov. Rick Perry will be holding his first two town halls in New Hampshire over the weekend. The Texas...
 

Former House member Goolsby interested in replacing Shapiro in Senate
Former Texas House member Tony Goolsby is eyeing the Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Florence Shapiro,...
 

Ogden, Shapiro will not seek re-election to Texas Senate
Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, who chaired the Texas Senate Finance Committee in the midst of a historic...
 

KXAN On the Road: Iowa Straw Poll & Perry’s Waterloo Welcome
  Sunday 9:30 p.m. – Waterloo, Iowa Robert and I have finally finished up our reports for...
 

Is the Iowa Straw Poll still important in a presidential run?
Before coming to work at KXAN here in Austin, I was a reporter in Iowa during the last presidential election...
 

Perry’s Piggy Bank: Will state success point to big money in a presidential run?
While Gov. Rick Perry has yet to say if he’ll run for president, his latest campaign finance report...
 

Perry: ‘Texas is where the game’s being played’
While he’s possibly gearing up for a game of presidential proportions, Texas Gov. Rick Perry showed...
 

Perry’s Six-month Jaunt Across the Nation
As Gov. Rick Perry continues to ponder a presidential run, many Texans have often wondered whether those...
 

U.S. Senate Race in Texas: Who’s Who?
On the brink of the week that could change the U.S. Senate race in Texas dramatically, people are starting...
 

Perry Prayer Picketers Organizing Online
An online push for picketers is shaping up quickly before next month’s mega-prayer rally called “The...
 
 
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Political News


Cruz: TX values cure for nation's ills
U.S. Senate hopeful and tea party darling Ted Cruz has likened Texans' love of freedom and entrepreneurial spirit to "America…
 

Feds in crosshairs of Texas energy race
Almost all the candidates running for two seats on the three-member Texas Railroad Commission promise to fight federal environmental…
 

Voting centers will now be permanent
Travis County Commissioners voted on making voting centers a permanent fixture during elections.
 

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U.S. Congressional News


Trainer testifies in Clemens trial
The longtime head athletic trainer of the New York Yankees once wrote that Roger Clemens "maintains complete confidence…
 

Senate panel to review Facebook IPO
A Senate panel is reviewing Facebook's high-profile stock offering last week amid allegations that the bank handling the…
 

Jury talks hit 4th day at Edwards trial
The jury has started a fourth day of deliberations at the campaign finance fraud trial of former presidential candidate…
 

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Texas 82nd Legislature


Fewer dollars for school bus seat belts
After a deadly school bus accident six years ago, the Legislature enacted a law to outfit more buses with seat belts. But…
 

Medicaid costs outpacing revenues
Texas' share for providing health care to poor children, the impoverished elderly and the disabled is growing faster than…
 

Planned Parenthood injunction lifted
The Texas attorney general has convinced a federal appeals judge to examine whether the state has a right to deny funding…
 

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Texas (change)

 
Republican Rick Perry is Governor of Texas. Two Republicans represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, and Texas has 32 representatives in the U.S. House: 20 Republicans and 12 Democrats.
 
Offices & Officials

Governor: Rick Perry
Lieutenant Governor: David Dewhurst
Attorney General: Greg Abbott

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