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Super PACs supporting former Gov. Rick Perry are hoping to boost his national profile by airing ads on cable TV. The groups are launching an effort geared toward securing him a spot in the GOP's first presidential debate next month. Full Story
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Groups supporting former Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential effort have raised nearly $18 million, they announced Friday, cementing his status as a competitive, but certainly not dominant, fundraiser in the Republican field. Full Story
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Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is reporting income of $250,000 from the company of top donor Peter Holt, helping boost the Republican presidential candidate’s family income past $700,000 over the last 18 months, new disclosures reveal. Full Story
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Days after an undocumented laborer was charged with the murder of a San Francisco woman, former Gov. Rick Perry called for federal funding to be pulled from so-called sanctuary cities. Full Story
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After years in the political wilderness, Rick Perry relied on his trademark swagger while campaigning on the Fourth of July weekend in southern New Hampshire. Full Story
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New Hampshire Republicans are showing up to hear Rick Perry's second presidential campaign pitch. But attendance isn’t commitment among New Hampshire’s high-maintenance, fickle electorate. Full Story
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Former Gov. Rick Perry is positioning himself as one of his party's leading voices against Donald Trump, the divisive billionaire whose candidacy is already causing the GOP headaches. Full Story
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Former Gov. Rick Perry took his case for the GOP presidential nomination to the nation’s capital Thursday, arguing that it is the Republican Party’s moral and historical duty to court black voters. Full Story
A second super PAC is now supporting Rick Perry's campaign for the White House. The new group, called Opportunity and Freedom I, joins the Opportunity and Freedom PAC in an effort to boost the former governor's presidential bid. Full Story
Texas politicians on the Potomac and on the presidential trail reacted along anticipated partisan lines to Friday's U.S. Supreme Court's ruling legalizing gay marriage. Full Story
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Former Gov. Rick Perry expressed support Monday for taking down the Confederate flag in South Carolina that has become a lightning rod of controversy since a deadly shooting at a church there. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz leads his closest Republican rivals for president by less than 10 percentage points, while Democrat Hillary Clinton maintains a commanding lead over her rivals, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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A day after stirring controversy for referring to the Charleston shootings as an "accident," former Gov. Rick Perry at an event in Washington on Saturday repeatedly called the massacre a “hate crime." Full Story
Former Gov. Rick Perry, who is seen as having a thin margin for error in his second bid for the White House, apparently misspoke Friday, calling a shooting massacre in South Carolina an "accident." Full Story
In a 5-4 ruling released Thursday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court backed Texas’ decision to forbid specialty license plates sporting an image of the Confederate flag. Full Story
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Four days, seven cities and nine events: Former Gov. Rick Perry sweeps through Texas next week on a fundraising tour fresh from officially announcing his second presidential bid. Full Story
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Wednesday that requires state agencies and institutions of higher education to use the federal electronic employment verification system known as E-Verify. Full Story
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A federal appeals court upheld a key segment of the 2013 Texas law adding requirements on abortion facilities in the state. Full Story
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A McKinney police officer is on administrative leave after video of his actions to subdue a 15-year-old girl at a pool party Friday night received more than 1 million views online over the weekend. Full Story
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On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey look back on the 84th Legislature. Full Story
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