Rick Perry News

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.

Mark Malkowski, owner of Stag Arms in New Britain, Conn., talks last month about his company's newly designed Stag-22, a weapon he says will be legal in the state of Connecticut, despite new gun control laws.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has kicked off his northeast tour where he'll make stops in New York and Conn.

Before an adoring crowd of religious conservatives, Sarah Palin mocked recent scandals swirling around the Obama administration, performing her own version of a "Saturday Night Live" parody.

Here's the full list . Among the victims are the omnibus ethics bill HB217, thus giving Allen Blakemore his fondest wish; two bills aimed at reducing the number of standardized tests some students must take, one of which will make William McKenzie happy; SB15, which would have placed new limits on the power of the University of Texas System Board ... (more)

Investigators have concluded there is no evidence tying a Central Texas prosecutor convicted of driving while intoxicated to a hit-and-run accident that happened on the same night she was arrested.

Jan Brewer and Rick Perry are both governors of solid red southwestern states, known for their uncompromising conservatism and their stalwart opposition to federal intervention, real or imagined.

On June 12, the Texas Education Agency announced the initial requirements regarding the assessment component of House Bill 5, which was recently signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry.

New York's legislative session has been highlighted by flashy proposals to strengthen abortion rights, expand casinos, publicly finance campaigns, and combat corruption and sexual harassment after several scandals.