Posts Tagged ‘Gov. Rick Perry’

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

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

Gov. Rick Perry's disdain for the nation's capital apparently wasn't enough to keep him away from Saturday night's ultimate inside-the-Beltway event: the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Full story

Texas Gov. Rick Perry today expressed optimism after meetings in Washington that Obama administration officials would increase federal commitments to secure the violence-plagued border with Mexico. 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

Flag-waving tea party activists gathered at tax-day rallies around Texas on Thursday, denouncing big government while cheering on former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other politicians. 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

Gov. Rick Perry has scheduled a special election to be held May 8 to fill the seat of representative Brian McCall. Full story

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

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is heading a delegation of state and business leaders traveling to China in June. Full story

His campaign once derided her as "Kay Bailout," but Gov. Rick Perry is making nice with his former Republican rival now. Full story

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and state wildlife officials are warning about the dangers of a fast-growing lake weed they say is threatening the ecosystem in more than a dozen lakes. Full story

By: Kerri Panchuk, Dallas Business Journal Texas Governor Rick Perry said Thursday the Texas Department of State Health Services will award $1.75 million in grants to help communities assist veterans with treatment and therapy following military engagement. The approval of the grants is the first part of an initiative launched in November to expand mental health support programs for veterans and their families. The grants follow the release of ... Full story

Texas Sen. John Cornyn issued a tough critique this afternoon of Gov. Rick Perry's effort to tar Kay Bailey Hutchison as a creature of Washington, calling that "unfair." He also voiced the hope that Hutchison stays in the Senate until her term expires in about 22 months – long past the most recent deadline she has set for a potential resignation. "Gov. Perry was able to posture ... Full story