The latest Griffin Perry news from The Texas Tribune.
After a smooth day of church visits and campaign stops, Gov. Rick Perry hit some unexpected bumps as audience members challenged him on hydraulic fracturing and allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry took his political message to the pews on Sunday morning, stopping at two Iowa churches. Full Story
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On the final campaign stop of his bus tour today, Gov. Rick Perry was asked about the long-ago plan for a 4,000-mile network of highways, rail and utility lines that sparked a public outcry and was ultimately abandoned. Full Story
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At a campaign stop this morning, Rick Perry was asked if he would consider former candidate Herman Cain for the position of defense secretary. His answer was noncommital — and he also told a questioner he would have "no problem" with having a female vice president. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry has sparked a wave of criticism, and some unanswered questions, after filing paperwork this week revealing that he is collecting both a salary and a pension from the state of Texas. Critics say there are rules designed to prevent such arrangements. Perry and his aides say its perfectly legal. Full Story
Root's scoop on Rick Perry's working retirement, Aaronson maps poverty in Texas, Aguilar on a voting rights warning shot from the U.S. Attorney General, Galbraith on the disclosure of chemicals used in fracking operations, Grissom on the drop in executions, Hamilton and M. Smith on UT-Austin President Bill Powers' rough year, Murphy and Tan and Dehn on the shortage of psychiatrists and Ramshaw on the federal refusal to exclude operators like Planned Parenthood from family planning programs: The best of our best content from December 12 to 16, 2011. Full Story
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Rick Perry has finally retired, but it's not what you think: The governor has officially retired as a state employee, but gets to keep working as Texas governor. The maneuver, perfectly legal according to his campaign, has dramatically boosted his take-home pay. Full Story
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Texas Democrats and Republicans agreed to hold unified primary elections on April 3, avoiding the costs and confusion brought on by litigation over new political maps for congressional and legislative districts. Full Story
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In the last debate of the year, Rick Perry survived, but Ron Paul thrived. Full Story
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Thursday night's Fox News Republican debate in Sioux City was billed as a chance for the GOP presidential candidates to give their closing arguments to Iowans. So how did Texas' two candidates do? Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry survived his second straight debate without a major stumble and wants to be the "Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses." U.S. Rep. Ron Paul stole the show, but his isolationist foreign policy views may have alarmed some Republicans. Full Story
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The latest from the campaign trail, an election this week, and a few interesting new candidates. Full Story
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If you can't hold congressional and legislative primaries on March 6 — because you don't have maps in time — what happens next? Full Story
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Arizona sheriff and Gov. Rick Perry endorser Joe Arpaio allegedly engaged in discriminatory law enforcement practices and racial profiling of Latinos, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Justice. Full Story
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In this episode of Weekend Insider, Gov. Rick Perry heads out on a bus tour of Iowa, and reporters Ben Philpott and Jay Root are along for the ride. Reporter Julian Aguilar takes a different type of bus tour — from Mexico to Dallas with some serious Cowboys fans. Full Story
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The Perry campaign's latest attack ad labels Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as "political insiders." Both are running ahead of the Texas governor in most polls. Full Story
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The magazine was reluctant to confer its "lowest honor" on the Texas governor until his now-infamous brain freeze. "In that moment," editor Jake Silverstein writes, "all our resistance melted away." Full Story
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When will the elections be held? Sometime next year. The dates for the congressional and legislative elections won't be certain until maps have been approved. But candidates are filing, and endorsements haven't stopped. Full Story
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The escalating fight between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney has spawned an unlikely Texas alliance (of sorts). Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry kicked off his two-and-a-half week, 40-stop Iowa bus tour today in an effort to rejuvenate a campaign that has been down in the polls for several weeks. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports. Full Story
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