Posts Tagged rick perry
The books get bigger in Texas: new laws take effect today
September 1st, 2011
By BENJAMIN WERMUND
FAR WEST TEXAS – While the state’s bare-bones budget, which cut billions from public education and health and human service spending, dominated much of the talk in and around the last legislative session, Texas lawmakers also managed to squeeze thousands of bills through the House and Senate and onto Governor Rick Perry’s desk. …
Praying for Perry
July 28th, 2011
Texas Governor Rick Perry’s invitation to and participation in an August 6 statewide day of prayer, in affiliation with a Christian-only and homophobic group, has prompted a response from the Dallas Area Christian Progressive Alliance, a group of theologians and laity, calling upon politicians claiming to be Christians to actually enact policies that improve the plight …
Presidio school district braces for ‘battle’ with state
July 20th, 2011
By BENJAMIN WERMUND
The Presidio school board dug its feet in Tuesday evening as the fourth poorest district in Texas prepared to take on the state they said under funded them.
In the face of a seven percent cut dealt by lawmakers in the last legislative session to the district’s already lean budget, the board unanimously passed …
Local clergy weigh in on governor’s prayer summit
June 9th, 2011
By EMILY JO CURETON
AUSTIN, MARFA – In a statement released last Monday, Texas Governor Rick Perry proclaimed August 6 a day of prayer and fasting for “our troubled nation”. A mammoth prayer summit will be held at Reliant Stadium in Houston on that Saturday, led by the governor and backed by the American Family Association, …
At Sul Ross, governor honors fallen law enforcement officers
June 2nd, 2011
By STEVE LANG
SRSU News and Publications
ALPINE – Texas Governor Rick Perry paid tribute to fallen law enforcement officers, both in words and in person, during the fourth Big Bend Area Law Enforcement Memorial held Wednesday at Sul Ross State University.
Following his address, Perry, along with State Rep. Pete P. Gallego and Sul Ross President …
Governor Perry in Alpine next week
May 26th, 2011
ALPINE – Texas Governor Rick Perry will provide the keynote address at the 2011 Big Bend Area Law Enforcement Memorial at 10am Wednesday, June 1.
The four-year-old event is sponsored by the Big Bend Area Law Enforcement Officers Association (BBALEOA) and is held each year in late spring on the Sul Ross State University Alpine campus …
Obama in Texas. Will he tour fire damaged areas?
May 10th, 2011
by ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN
President Barack Obama will arrive in the Lone Star State today to deliver an address on fixing the immigration system in the country. His visit comes at a time when much of the midwest and southern parts of the country have been hammered by natural disasters such as tornadoes, flooding and of …
Federal fire disaster declaration still pending for Texas
April 28th, 2011
By STERRY BUTCHER
FAR WEST TEXAS – As Texas burns, a presidential disaster declaration is pending in Washington, D.C.
“Recent fire activity has occurred over a large area of the state, taxing both local and state resources’ ability to respond,” Gov. Rick Perry wrote President Obama in the declaration request on April 16. “It is further expected …
Committee assignments, immigration legislation, and the state of the state
February 18th, 2011
By ALBERTO TOMAS HALPEN
The Texas Legislature continues to rev its engine as the 82nd session is now well under way.
On February 8, Governor Rick Perry delivered his State of the State address to a full chamber of Texas legislators, justices, and special guests. Touting the state’s economic progress, he said, “Texas added more jobs in …
Gallego responds to Perry’s State of the State address
February 10th, 2011
Far West Texas State Rep. Pete Gallego fired back at Governor Rick Perry in a press release issued yesterday, Wednesday, February 9, in response to the Governor’s State of the State address to the Texas Legislature the day before. In his address, the Governor criticized the media and interest groups for trying …
