dallasnews.com - 3/13/2009
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07:03 AM CDT on Friday, March 13, 2009 By CHRISTY HOPPE and ROBERT T. GARRETT / The Dallas Morning News choppe@dallasnews.com rtgarrett@dallasnews.com AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry, joining a handful of his fellow Southern Republican leaders, said Thursday that he was rejecting $556 million in ...
dallasnews.com - 3/9/2009
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11:58 AM CDT on Sunday, March 8, 2009
By SCOTT FARWELL / The Dallas Morning News sfarwell@dallasnews.com...
First in a three-part series EMORY, Texas – Terry Caffey can still taste the blood and gunpowder. He can hear the staccato gunfire, the shrieks ...
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Demons in the house: E. Texas man details escape from ...
dallasnews.com - 3/11/2009
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12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
By TERRENCE STUTZ / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN...
– Democratic and Republican senators skirmished Tuesday over legislation that would require Texans to show a photo ID before voting – but the debate was ...
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Texas Senate sharply debates voter ID bill |
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dallasnews.com - 3/20/2009
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08:09 PM CDT on Friday, March 13, 2009
Hearne, Texas, a hamlet so tiny that it can't...
even lay claim to a movie theater, is all abuzz about a new Hollywood film coming to town next week. Regina Kelly, a 32-year-old single mother of four, can't wait ...
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'American Violet' tells story of ill-fated Hearne drug ...
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Screw the Unemployed
Hoffmania! —
... Texas Governor Rick Perry is refusing $556 million in unemployment benefits for his state, saying the money should go to business. Y'know. That wildly successful trickle-down idea. ...
Governors Sanford And Perry Reject Federal Aid For Unemployed
DownWithTyranny! —
... But guess what! Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is desperately trying to hold onto the governor's mansion in the face of a challenge from fellow winger Kay Bailey Hutchison, is trying to out-stoopid Sanford. Perry's turning down $556 million in federal stimulus money for unemployed Texans. ...
Will Kay Bailey Hutchison Play Texas Hold 'Em?
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... and refusing to take federal stimulus monies. It is harder to capture that sort of attention when you're one of 100 senators. And of course, Texans tend to be no fans of Washingtonians, which is how Hutchison might be perceived if she refused to give up her Senate seat. ...
Secessionist Gov. Rick Perry now seeking federal stimulus funds.
Think Progress —
... .” When explaining the decision, Perry told Fox News, “this was pretty simple for us.” But now Perry is reversing his decision. Texas has asked the federal government for a ...
Rick Perry: Man Of Principle (If You Define Principle As Backpedaling Weasel)
Daily Kos —
... Last March, when Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he was refusing $556 million in stimulus money for unemployment benefits, he said: ...
Perry's turns to the oppressive hand
Political Animal —
... , which Texas will have to pay back. When the governor announced his opposition to the stimulus money for unemployment benefits, he told Fox News, " [T]his was pretty simple for us ." Apparently, it wasn't quite simple enough.— ...
Cheney to campaign for Hutchison
News —
... Perry has done much to appeal to conservatives in his own right. In March, Perry rejected federal stimulus funds directed toward unemployment claims, saying they had too many strings attached. ...
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