AUSTIN — The irony isn't lost on Democrat Luke Warford that the way to unlock Republicans' stranglehold on statewide elective office might be with a key once held by Rick Perry. And that when Perry ...

The former Texas governor wasn't the only one attracting attention. — -- Rick Perry's speech wasn't the only part of his presidential announcement that had people talking today. Many viewers were ...

The agreement fell through after the exclusivity period outlined in the letter of intent expired at midnight on Dec. 9. ・The company founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said that it has ...

Former Gov. Rick Perry and House Speaker Dade Phelan mingle with supporters during a Get Out the Vote Rally in Vidor on Feb. 29, 2024. Credit: Callaghan O'Hare for The Texas Tribune VIDOR — Former Gov ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Hundreds of supporters showed up at Jack Brooks Airport to support Speaker Dade Phelan as he runs to keep his seat. Among them was former Texas Governor Rick Perry. Phelan is facing ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who served nearly three years as U.S. Secretary of Energy under former President Donald Trump, was noncommittal about whether he would support the former president in his ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, right, addresses a joint press conference with India’s Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Perry is on his first visit ...

The former governor turned Trump energy secretary thinks people freezing to death should hold off a little longer. Donald Trump’s secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once campaigned to abolish the $30 ...

Perry is the new secretary of energy. — -- Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was confirmed Thursday as secretary of the Department of Energy -- an agency he had once sought to eliminate. When running ...

In June, I traveled to Denver with Zach Weismueller to cover the Psychedelic Science 2023 conference, organized by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a group that has ...

Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tuesday night, moving swiftly in a fiery campaign debate to blunt the former ...

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