Rick Perry News

Last December, Houston Representative Dwayne Bohac picked up his son from first grade and asked what he'd done in class.

Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997 as a weekly feature for The Washington Post, accompanied by the work of "relationship cartoonist" Nick Galifianakis.

Richie Whitt and Greg "Greggo" Williams have now had two months to reflect on CBS's unceremonious cancellation of The Rage, their drive-time sports talk show on 105.3 The Fan, and they've come to starkly different conclusions.

The Republican-led Texas Senate voted late Tuesday night for tough new restrictions on abortion clinics and providers, but abandoned efforts to ban the procedure after the 20th week of pregnancy.

Rick Perry stars in an ad out Wednesday that coincides with his swing across the Northeast to lure jobs to Texas.

What should you make of a statewide preference poll more than a year out from the next gubernatorial/midterm election and more than three years from the next presidential? The answer depends on what you want from it.

A murder trial against a Monahans man began Tuesday. Juan Bejarano-Rodriguez is charged with murder .

The Travis County district attorney says she remains responsible for investigating state ethics violations despite Gov. Rick Perry vetoing funding for her office.

It seems as if Rick Perry has recently decided that his time is better spent abroad than in the state that elected him to lead.

It was a quiet part of the Father's Day Mass as about 300 people stood up in preparation for communion.

A man watches for airline passengers arriving from Hong Kong at the international arrivals area at Newark Liberty Airport, Monday, June 17, 2013, in Newark, N.J. .

Federal agents are digging up a field in suburban Detroit in search of the remains of ex-Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive when he left for lunch with two mobsters 38 years ago.

The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Firefighters are getting a better handle on the most destructive wildfire ever in Colorado, but they're still struggling against hot spots that could threaten homes that have been spared by the massive blaze.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come to Connecticut in search of gun manufacturing and other jobs while talking up the importance of competition.

French and U.S. experts are continuing their search for the 17th-century ship Griffin, which they believe sank in northern Lake Michigan in 1679.

Gov. Rick Perry of Texas will speak on the topic of "Civility on the Campaign Trail" at 6 p.m. Monday at the Ferguson Library in Stamford.

The House is also meeting for the first time since Gov. Rick Perry added abortion restrictions, juvenile justice and transportation to the special session.

A Texas House committee will hear from officials on the troubled financial standing of the non-profit, state-supervised insurance agency for coastal counties.

Perry might have imperiled his potential re-election bid by vetoing anti-corruption funding, an equal pay measure, and a bill to protect the University of Texas from political interference.