Tagged: Governor Rick Perry

A member of the Texas House of Representatives is calling on his fellow lawmakers to look for ways to pay for the Public Integrity Unit of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office.

Governor Rick Perry used a line-item veto to cut off the Unit’s state funding, citing D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg’s DWI conviction.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz starts as the Texas favorite in a fantasy 2016 Republican primary for president, swamping Gov. Rick Perry and a number of other big-name candidates in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

Since 2011, Governor Rick Perry challenged lawmakers to provide “a bold, Texas-style solution” to the challenge of affordable higher education: a $10,000 degree for Texas students.

In a recent press release challenging Texas schools to initiate the low-cost degree, Perry said that 13 schools in Texas already offer or are planning to offer such a degree.

We talked to Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas to check the accuracy of the claim. Listen to our conversation using the player above and read the fact check online.

The end of a legislative session usually triggers the beginning of the next election cycle. But before anyone could throw his or her hat in the ring, we had an incumbent exit the arena.

In today’s PolitiFact Texas segment, we celebrate the two-year anniversary of the partnership between KUT’s Emily Donahue and the Austin American-Statesman’s Gardner Selby!

Lawmakers are not known for being short and sweet in delivering on legislative promises. Bills take time to craft, to mold, to throw away and to rebuild, with the ultimate intention of becoming a necessary, practical addition to Texas law.

But it takes time. And, more often than not in Gov. Rick Perry’s tenure, it requires the overtime of a special session. So, in honor of a session that just won't (sine) die, here's a history of special sessions under Gov. Perry.