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The presidential election of 2012 promises to be one of the most contentious in decades, and will sharply redraw the norms of political campaigning. KUT News has Senior Reporter Ben Philpott filing reports from Perry’s appearances around the country. Find in-depth coverage of the race — through a sharply focused Texas lens — for Austin, Texas and the world from KUT, NPR and more.
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Perry’s Poor Sleep Not Apnea, He Says
Texas Governor Rick Perry says it wasn't sleep apnea that kept him awake during his unsuccessful run for the Republican Presidential nomination.
The new e-book "Oops," written by Texas Tribune Reporter
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Straus Hears Texas Accent in Romney’s Message
The Republican convention rolls on tonight in Tampa with a speech from vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. Texas House Speaker Joe Straus is a co-chairman of the Romney campaign in Texas, and he traveled to Tampa for the festivities. He says many of the economic messages coming out of the...
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Ryan’s Plan for Medicaid, Medicare Mirrors Texas Bills
If Republican vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan's controversial plan for reforming Medicaid and Medicare sounds familiar in Texas, it should. The Wisconsin congressman’s proposal bears strong similarities to bills that Texas Republicans advocated for — and eventually passed — during the...
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Obama Fundraisers Little Help for Texas Democrats
President Barack Obama’s whirlwind tour of Texas left supporters energized and afternoon traffic snarled on Tuesday. But it didn’t necessarily help out Democrats running for office in Texas this fall....
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Biden Counters Romney at NAACP
Just one day after GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke at the NAACP’s annual meeting in Houston, Vice President Joe Biden took the same stage. ...
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Ron Paul Stumps at GOP Gathering
Rep. Ron Paul and his supporters have often been pushed to the side of the Texas Republican convention. But Paul did get a chance to speak this year....
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Mitt Romney visiting Texas this week
Mitt Romney is swinging through Texas on a fundraiser this week. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was in Fort Worth and will be at an event in San Antonio tomorrow hosted by billionaire Red McCombs, among others....
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Voting Today in Primaries for State, Federal Offices
Ross Ramsey, executive editor of the Texas Tribune, talked with KUT's Ben Philpott about who might come out and vote, and how that’ll affect the U.S. Senate race....
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Texas Servicemember Deaths Overseas
The Department of Defense released the name of two Texas military personnel who died overseas this week.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jorge Luis Velasquez of Houston died in a non-combat related incident in Bahrain this week. He was 35 years old.
Petty Officer Velasquez enlisted in the Navy in...
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Getting Political on Social Networks
With this year's Texas primaries less than two weeks away, candidates are blanketing the state, speaking to as many voters as they can in an effort to engage and gain support. But while candidate bumper stickers and yards signs mark support for older voters, the younger generation prefers a more...
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In Campaign Season, a Focus on Women’s Issues
In a campaign season punctuated by increasingly harsh party-versus-party rhetoric, one topic has been particularly heated: legislation that predominantly affects women. Democrats are accusing Republicans of staging a “war on women” at the congressional and state level.
KUT’s Emily Donahue...
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What the Tea Party Means in Texas Politics
The Tea Party Express makes a stop in Austin Sunday. Presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul with his son, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, will be there....
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Checking Ron Paul’s “40,000 Laws” Claim
Ron Paul recently claimed that 40,000 new laws landed on the books in one day, and KUT’s Emily Donahue turned to Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas for a fact check....
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Santorum’s Exit a Blow to Texas’ Presidential Primary
Rick Santorum’s withdrawal today from the 2012 presidential contest makes Texas Republicans, once again, all but irrelevant in their party’s nomination process....
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