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AOL
April 30, 2018
Michael Cohen's world is crumbling and he may have no other choice than to cooperate with the federal investigators probing his finances, according to a detailed report Saturday. President Trump's longtime “fixer” and personal attorney owns a taxi business that's deeply in debt and losing money daily, hisÃâà...
San Antonio Express-News
April 30, 2018
Like former Gov. Rick Perry's staff did, he points out that being governor is a 24-hour-a-day job and that security requirements are determined by DPS. The taxpayer-funded cost of security for a governor was highlighted when Perry ran for president while holding his state office. Like Abbott, Perry's directÃâà...
The Star Democrat
April 29, 2018
A good example is former governor of Texas Rick Perry who while running for president could not name the Department of Energy. Now he heads the agency. Hypocritical? Mr. Trump promised during his campaign to “drain the swamp” of those government bureaucrats who wasted taxpayer funds on lavishÃâà...
ThinkProgress
April 26, 2018
But the fact that Energy Secretary Rick Perry's son launched a new fund last week for wealthy but undisclosed investors to take stakes in oil and gas ... In February of that year, the Houston Chronicle reported that Griffin Perry “had secured a job at UBS, the investment banking firm that the governor hasÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 26, 2018
Government experience: A little over a year as CIA director, and six years in the House before that. Why Trump .... Secretary: Former Texas Governor Rick Perry ... Government experience: Three-and-a-half terms as governor of Texas, a short stint as lieutenant governor, and eight years as Texas agricultureÃâà...
Wichita Eagle
April 25, 2018
A private investment firm led by Energy Secretary Rick Perry's son has notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that it's seeking investors for a new energy fund, raising concerns about the potential for private businesses run by the offspring of high-ranking government officials to benefit from theirÃâà...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
April 24, 2018
We can name governors of more than one state, including this one, who have made the jump from governor to president, but not one president made the jump directly from lieutenant governor. Previous Gov. Rick Perry shaped the state government in his own image via appointment power, articulation ofÃâà...
MAPLight.org
April 19, 2018
Because Scott is a sitting governor who can influence pension investments, he is covered by the rule, which has hampered the fundraising of past governors who tried to run for federal office. A spokesman for former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign said the rule prevented him from raisingÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
April 12, 2018
Then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry faulted the federal government for not stepping in, and the state paid to deploy 1,000 National Guard troops. The deployment cost the state $12 million a month initially, but that dropped to about $1 million a month recently as illegal crossings decreased and troops were reducedÃâà...
Texas Tribune
April 4, 2018
Rick Perry deployed state guard units as well after tens of thousands of migrants from Central America began crossing illegally into Texas, mainly in the Rio Grande Valley. That was followed by Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to keep a deployment on the border. In a statement, Abbott praised the TrumpÃâà...
Austin American-Statesman
April 4, 2018
“In my time as governor, Texas has maintained a continuous presence of National Guard members along the border, and we've added hundreds of permanent ... In 2014, then-Gov. Rick Perry dispatched about 1,000 guardsmen as part of a surge of state resources following sharp increases in unauthorizedÃâà...
Politico
April 3, 2018
Perry's allies don't agree on whether DOE is his last stop in government service. Some think the 68-year-old former governor is keeping his head down in hopes of shifting into another Cabinet role should Trump win a second turn, while others think he could be keeping the door open to one finalÃâà...
San Angelo Standard Times
March 31, 2018
And speaking of Rick Perry, a couple of weeks ago there was some serious speculation that President Donald Trump was planning to fire Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and replace him with the former Texas governor. The first part of the speculation was spot on. Trump dumped Shulkin amid anÃâà...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
March 30, 2018
The convention will take place after voters choose the nominee for governor. And speaking of Rick Perry, a couple of weeks ago there was some serious speculation that President Donald Trump was planning to fire Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and replace him with the former Texas governor.
Mountain View Voice
March 28, 2018
Rick Perry praises SLAC employees during visit to national lab ... At the time, Gov. Jerry Brown dismissed Perry's campaign as insignificant, but to his SLAC audience Perry described the governor as still "a little bit raw about me coming over here to recruit businesses from California and take 'em to Texas.
Texas Tribune
March 26, 2018
... Republicans — Kay Bailey Hutchison and Rick Perry — past their Democratic rivals. Those two wins — Hutchison as state treasurer and Perry as agriculture commissioner — were key to the eventual Republican takeover of Texas state government. The loudest part of the election was the governor's race,Ãâà...
Spectrum News
March 24, 2018
SAN ANTONIO — Former Governor and now Energy Secretary Rick Perry made a quick stop to San Antonio on Friday. ... He credited Gov. Greg Abbott for his leadership and praised the brave men and women in law enforcement. “Its tragic event for we lost two lives and other people that were injured, but,Ãâà...
Spectrum News
March 24, 2018
SAN ANTONIO — Former Governor and now Energy Secretary Rick Perry made a quick stop to San Antonio on Friday. ... He credited Gov. Greg Abbott for his leadership and praised the brave men and women in law enforcement. “Its tragic event for we lost two lives and other people that were injured, but,Ãâà...
The State (blog)
March 22, 2018
Nov 14-16, 2017 (3 days): Gov. McMaster attended the Republican Governors Association's annual conference, Austin, Texas. Oct 19, 2017: Gov. McMaster testified at the U.S. International Trade Commission remedy hearing involving Samsung, Washington. Sept 26, 2017: Meeting with Rick Perry, U.S.Ãâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Rick Perry appeared before a Senate panel Tuesday where he laid out his department's $30 billion budget that ... for development at Yucca Mountain without consent from the governor, local communities and native tribes. Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican,Ãâà...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
March 16, 2018
Rick Perry would bring passion to Veterans Affairs, ex-aides to former Texas governor say ... AUSTIN – When former Texas Gov. ... But they also say he's a skilled administrator of government bureaucracy whose affection for the men and women who served is genuine and personal, but seldom put onÃâà...
Bullard News
March 14, 2018
In the 85th Texas Legislative Session, Nichols authored and passed Senate Bill 16, which lowered License to Carry fees in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott ... as Texas Transportation Commissioner by then-Governor George W. Bush, a position he was reappointed to in 2003 by then-Governor Rick Perry until heÃâà...
New Haven Register
March 14, 2018
Trump is considering replacing Shulkin with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, a former governor of Texas, according to people close to the White House. ... line after an inspector general report concluded he improperly accepted tickets to a Wimbledon tennis match during a government-funded trip with his wife.
MyStatesman.com
March 14, 2018
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering naming Energy Secretary Rick Perry to replace David Shulkin as secretary of veterans affairs. The New ... Bill Miller, an Austin consultant who has known the former Texas governor for years, said that he didn't know if the report was correct. “With TrumpÃâà...
AOL
March 14, 2018
President-elect Donald Trump's Energy Secretary nominee, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, arrives for the inauguration ceremonies swearing in Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/LucyÃâà...
New York Times
March 13, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Trump, fresh off replacing his secretary of state and C.I.A. director, is considering firing his secretary of veterans affairs and installing Energy Secretary Rick Perry in the post, according to two people close to the White House. Mr. Trump did not make a formal offer to Mr. PerryÃâà...
Governing
February 28, 2018
Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Rick Perry came back from a disappointing 2012 presidential primary bid to secure approval ratings in the high 50s toward the end of his third term. Perry also managed to navigate tricky intra-party rivalries between establishment Republicans and the GOP's Tea Party wing, saysÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
February 23, 2018
15, 2014: Texas Gov. Rick Perry was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption. He became Texas' first indicted governor in nearly a century. The longest-serving governor in Texas history,Ãâà...
Texas Tribune
February 22, 2018
Abbott's predecessor in the governor's office, Rick Perry, rejected two clemency recommendations for inmates facing execution and accepted one over 14 years, according to data kept by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. None of the three were unanimous decisions by the pardons andÃâà...
Dallas News (blog)
February 16, 2018
Updated at 11:45 a.m. with a statement from President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. WASHINGTON — Brooke Rollins, a former aide to Texas Gov. Rick Perry, will fill a recent White House vacancy as assistant to the president in the Office of American Innovation. The White House announcedÃâà...
mySanAntonio.com
December 31, 1999
Former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez and Andrew White, son of the late Gov. Mark White, were the two left standing in a crowded field after last month's Democratic primary in the governor's race. For the May 22 runoff election, we again recommend White as more qualified and likely to pose moreÃâà...
Fast Company
December 31, 1999
Because Scott is a sitting governor who can influence pension investments, he is covered by the rule, which has hampered the fundraising of past governors who tried to run for federal office. A spokesman for former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign said the rule prevented him from raisingÃâà...
Wichita Eagle
December 31, 1999
A private investment firm led by Energy Secretary Rick Perry's son has notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that it's seeking investors for a new energy fund, raising concerns about the potential for private businesses run by the offspring of high-ranking government officials to benefit from theirÃâà...
The Oakland Press
December 31, 1999
Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. ... In its latest budget request to Congress, the White House's Office of Management and Budget said the private sector - not the government - should play the “primary role” in funding researchÃâà...
Houston Chronicle
December 31, 1999
In a sprawling speech, the former Texas governor declared that the United States has entered an age of a new "energy realism," in which the country would increasingly supply the world with oil, natural gas, coal, wind turbines and other forms of energy. "America is now on the cusp of energy independence,Ãâà...
