January 10, 2012 10:42 am by: KUT Staff
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul headlines a town hall in Meredith, NH. About 500 supporters and undecided voters showed up to hear him speak ahead of Tuesday's primary. Photo by Thanh Tan/Texas Tribune
If the polls are any indication, it's unlikely that U.S. Rep. Ron Paul will emerge as the victor in today's primary in New Hampshire. But he's strongly positioned to take second. Finishing anywhere in the top tier would help to propel his campaign forward, according to a long-time observer of the first-in-the-nation primary election....
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Texas Governor Rick Perry has been touring South Carolina for three days. He'll be traveling pillar to post across the state over the next 11, hoping to convince Republican voters he's worth their vote. But is Perry what South Carolina Republicans are looking for....
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An estimated 30,000 people poured into Reliant stadium Saturday for Rick Perry’s call to pray and fast for the nation, known as The Response. Actual attendance was far higher than what was previously forecast. Prayer-goers briefly encountered various protesters, most of whom advocated for the...
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You’ve heard about "The Response," this Saturday’s prayer and fasting event at Houston’s Reliant Stadium, spearheaded by Governor Rick Perry. But you may not have heard as much about a religious movement called the New Apostolic Reformation Movement. Many of the organizers of Saturday’s...
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As Texans wonder if Gov. Rick Perry has plans for a presidential campaign, many Iowa Republicans say they are open to a dark horse candidate.
A Des Moines Register poll reported that 69 percent of likely GOP caucus-goers say they have not yet fully committed to a candidate. And it’s stoking a...
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Governor Rick Perry appears to have the winning formula in Texas - no matter what he does. But what about the rest of the country? On this week's KUT/Texas Tribune Tribcast - Evan Smith, Ross Ramsey, Reeve Hamilton and Ben Philpott go over how some or the Governor's moves could play on the national...
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The United Nations' top human rights official said today that the United States broke international law when the state of Texas executed a Mexican national on Thursday night. An open question is how that might reflect on Governor Perry, as he considers a run for president.
The White House, the...
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State lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court not to stop the execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal. The 38-year-old is scheduled to be killed on Thursday in Huntsville for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old San Antonio girl in 1994.
As KUT reported last week, Leal’s lawyers are...
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Texas Governor Rick Perry's travel plans and itineraries can be kept secret, overturning the rulings of two lower courts. The original case centered on whether DPS travel vouchers, normally subject to open records requests, should be made public in the case...
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By Morgan Smith, Texas Tribune
Anita Perry first entered national consciousness as the spur to her husband’s possible presidential run. But a different theme emerges when friends and associates talk about the wife of Texas’ 47th governor: She is not the type to draw attention to...
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In this week's KUT/Texas Tribune TribCast, Ross Ramsey, Morgan Smith, Jim Henson and Ben Philpott discuss the more moderate State Board of Education and how the failure of "sanctuary cities" legislation could affect a Perry presidential bid....
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Politics watchers have been fixated on Governor Rick Perry and whether he'll fling his Stetson into the ring for the Republican presidential nomination. But that's not the only "will-he-or-won't-he" story ongoing now in Texas politics.
When U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, announced...
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In 2003, Gov. Rick Perry signed off one of the most significant policy changes in the history of Texas higher education. With both the state and its public universities strapped for cash, the decision was made to grant universities the autonomy to set tuition rates, freeing them from government...
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Politics is often full of promises, and the Austin American-Stateman PolitiFact Texas has an app for that!
Well, not exactly, but Gardner Selby did explain to KUT’s Emily Donahue how PolitiFact measures all those promises politicians make.
For example, the national PolitiFact features the...
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In tough-on-crime Texas, supporting the death penalty is practically a political prerequisite, and Gov. Rick Perry has nailed that qualification, overseeing the executions of 230 prisoners, more than any other modern governor of any state.
“He certainly would stand out among other...
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Gov. Rick Perry's position on "sanctuary cities" doesn't play well with Latino voters but his record of job creation and his business-friendly approach may cause some to look beyond that if he decides to seek the White House.
It was an awkward moment for the swashbuckling, gun-toting governor of...
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