Archive for the ‘Texas Issues’ Category

Governor Rick Perry will provide the Governor’s Address and U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess will provide the Congressional Address to the 24 graduating seniors of Westlake Academy, the first and only municipality in Texas to receive a charter designation. Full story

Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday released a five-year strategic plan outlining the state's “high-level roadmap” to deal with threats including natural disasters, disease outbreaks, terrorist attacks, gangs and violence along the Mexican border. Full story

State leaders facing a growing budget shortfall will exempt prison operations, inmate treatment programs, state mental hospitals, and some education programs from 5 percent spending cuts, a person with knowledge of the process said Tuesday. Full story

State budget officials are to appear this morning before a House committee to talk about sagging state revenues and the implications for the next legislative session. Full story

The University of Texas has laid off 122 employees this year and could cut 80 more as part of a plan to trim $14.6 million, university officials said Monday. Full story

UPS announced its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles had expanded with the deployment of 25 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks to Houston. Full story

A commission run jointly by Texas and Vermont, with a membership made up mostly of Gov. Rick Perry's appointees, could decide this summer to make Texas the potential resting place for radioactive waste from 36 states. Full story

Senators Tell VA Secretary That Inpatient Care for Valley Vets Needed Full story

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) told members of the Dallas and Fort Worth chambers of commerce she plans to push for earmarks for Trinity River plans in both North Texas cities. Full story

Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison pressed for more federal action Wednesday in securing the Mexican border and preventing violence from spilling over into the United States. Full story

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison promised Wednesday to secure federal funds for the Trinity River projects in Dallas and Fort Worth and to see the massive redevelopments through to completion. Full story

Perry presented a $175,000 grant to Hendrick Medical Center to create an accelerated program that will allow students with Licensed Vocational Nursing degrees become Registered Nurses in about six months. Full story

Criticizing the president's space proposal during a news conference Saturday morning at Texas Motor Speedway, Gov. Rick Perry accused Barack Obama of purposely neglecting Texas. Full story

Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina brought her concerns about health care – along with a video camera – to the Capitol on Thursday. Full story

Gov. Rick Perry tamped out rumors today that he would call a special legislative session to consider whether Texas should seek to exempt itself from federal health care law. Full story

As Tea Party groups rallied against big government and the Democrat-backed healthcare plan Thursday, Gov. Rick Perry's only public event was with a former Democratic state senator from Fort Worth. Full story

In a 5-1 vote, reason prevailed over Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday when the State Preservation Board, chaired by the governor, decided it is time to utilize metal detectors and X-ray equipment at the entrances to the Texas Capitol. Full story

New cars and trucks will cost more under a new federal requirement to improve the fuel economy of vehicles, a move taken by the Obama administration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Full story

The head of a key Senate committee said Tuesday she wants to question state officials on their management of nursing homes for veterans, including the handling of elder abuse allegations. Full story

Gov. Rick Perry's re-election campaign is getting a new driver this month: NASCAR star Bobby Labonte. Full story