Rick Perry News

In a deeply conservative red state, the few strong abortion supporters who dot the map of Texas are thrilled by one of Texas's lieutenant gubernatorial candidates, Senator Leticia Van de Putte.

As UT president Bill Powers is waiting to hear from the UT System Board of Regents at this very minute, another drama is gripping yet another university president--and readers won't be surprised to know that Rick Perry is in the middle of it.

Lawyers for a Mexican citizen facing execution next month in Texas have asked Gov. Rick Perry to grant him a 30-day stay.

The Health Insurance Marketplace is Open! If you need insurance or want to explore options, visit healthcare.gov .

Jerry Warden and Rick Perry know heavy metal. Warden has been promoting it for more three decades in the area, and Perry has been playing it.

University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers may finally learn whether he'll continue to run one of the nation's largest campuses following a tumultuous two years of power struggles and speculation that his job is in jeopardy.

This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, in this Nov. 29, 2013 file photo.

Show me a set of nomination process rules that would have delivered the White House to any of these clowns and I'll show you a bridge in Brooklyn that I'd like to sell you.

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will meet Saturday to name the interim president of Texas A&M University, whose current president - R. Bowen Loftin - is departing to become chancellor of the University of Missouri.

Lamar State College-Port Arthur president Sam Monroe was recently honored by Gov. Rick Perry for his longstanding position as the head of the two-year Lamar institution.

About 14,000 Texans enrolled for health insurance in October and November on the embattled federal online exchange, nearly five times more than successfully navigated the site during its rocky opening month, but still a tiny tally for such a large state, according to figures released Wednesday.

'Tis the season to party flip. Yesterday, Republican Judge Lawrence "Larry" Meyers announced that he would be joining the Democratic Party for his Texas Supreme Court bid.

Following the death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 5, Gov. Rick Perry and other elected officials released statements in honor of the former president of South Africa whose message of racial reconciliation and leading role in breaking down apartheid in that country are acknowledged globally.

Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott and Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis are already trading barbs over public schools, despite neither yet unveiling an education platform - signaling a potentially more intense education debate ahead than in past gubernatorial elections.

House Bill 308, dubbed the "Merry Christmas" bill is designed to protect school districts from lawsuits when they celebrate religious holidays.

Speaker of the House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, smiles as he bangs the gavel closing Sine Die on the 83rd Legislator held at the State Capitol on Monday, May 27, 2013, in Austin, Texas.

The future of University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers returned to the spotlight Monday when regents announced they'll consider a "recommendation" about his job that opponents have spent years trying to take away.

The Religious Right has once again proven, not only that it is still very much alive , but that it could not care less about the truth by reporting on another story that has already been debunked.

Citizen-soldiers with the Texas Army National Guard's 176th Engineer Brigade provided support to state and local officials during Winter Storm Cleon, as named by the National Weather Service, in north Texas Dec. 5-9.

The Democrats are having their own tea party problem. With the "progressive" movement hawking a more populist liberal agenda, mainstream Democrats are going to have to start looking over their left shoulders, just as traditional Republicans now fear challenges from the right.