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Masked militias have arrived in South Texas with semi-automatic rifles and tactical gear, causing a stir not only in border communities, but also among state officials.

A sprawling industrial park near Reno where wild mustangs roam among the sagebrush has become the focus of Tesla's unusually secretive site selection process for its $5 billion battery factory, but the groundwork taking place is no guarantee that the plant and its 6,500 jobs are coming.

Gov. Rick Perry, seen here announcing he's sending 1,000 troops to the Texas border.

The company has said a final decision on the location of the $5 billion factory will come in the next few months.

While potential 2016 competitors are wrangling over a border security bill in the Senate or worrying about their gubernatorial reelection or otherwise playing small-ball politics in statehouses, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has his eye on the big picture, demonstrating that he understands the importance of international events and the necessity of ... (more)

Gunn told thousands of spectators at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday that being in a political party is like being in a marriage - people need to settle differences peacefully.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has distributed $205 million in taxpayer money to scores of technology startups using a pet program designed to bring high-paying jobs and innovation to the nation's second most-populous state.

Remember the laughter and snarky comments from the Left and its Ministry of Information when Texas governor Rick Perry activated one thousand Texas National Guard soldiers for duty at the southern border? "Ha ha, they'll just stand around like wooden Indians and watch 'undocumented immigrants' walk by," we heard from people Beltway liberals who ... (more)

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer predicts an inevitable political push to extend the 2012 tax hike known as Proposition 30, but he expects the measure will return to voters before it expires in two years.

House Republicans called off a vote on their $659 million emergency response to the border influx from Central America overwhelming immigration resources, unable to agree among themselves about what to do.

This article is the second in a series called White House Wednesday, by the staff of The World and Everything in It, looking at potential 2016 candidates for president.

"These are young people, just families coming across. They're not armed. They're not carrying weapons," Texas State Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa protested about Gov. Rick Perry's deployment of 1,000 National Guard troops to the Rio Grand Valley in response to a ramping up of illegal border crossings.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Attorney General Eric Holder don't agree on much. But they have reached a surprising convergence on one point about the ongoing government effort to combat drug use and trafficking: We incarcerate too many people for too long, a policy that wastes money and treats the least dangerous offenders with undue harshness.

Rebecca Abramov, second from left, holds up a sign in Hebrew during a rally in support of Israel in front of city hall in Dallas, Texas, Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

This pretty much says it all. Perry is clearly setting himself up for another presidential run, but you already knew that.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has told a pro-Israel rally in Dallas that America must end a "policy of calculated ambivalence" toward the Middle East.

The leadership of the UT System could be set for a real change in management style, as the board of regents yesterday announced that Admiral William McRaven is the sole finalist to become the next system chancellor.

AUSTIN -- State officials opened the books for Texas lawmakers Tuesday at the Capitol.

WESTBOUND 80 STARTING TO SEE SOME MINOR SLOWDOWNS. THE CITY OF STOCKTON COULD HELP TO KEEP TESLA IN CALIFORNIA.

Speaking in Mexico City this week, Gov. Jerry Brown set a vastly different tone on immigration from Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who uses the U.S.-Mexico border as a wedge to divide people.