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Perry out of race, but security bills still rising
From September through part of November alone, travel expenditures for the security detail surrounding Perry and his wife, Anita, were $798,031.42.
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Overtime pay for Perry security skyrocketed during presidential run
Overtime spending for December, when Perry went on a meandering bus tour of Iowa, reached almost $300,000, the documents indicate. The department spent $75,000 a month on average in 2010 and $119,000 a...
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Mexican ambassador suggests ‘political agenda’ behind Texas travel alert
During his failed presidential campaign, Texas Gov. Rick Perry frequently discussed Mexican drug violence and what he described as a federal failure to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Add another million dollars to the taxpayers’ tab for Rick Perry presidential...
Travel expenses for Gov. Rick Perry’s security detail totaled nearly $1 million from September through part of February, according to the latest report from the Texas Department of Public Safety. The...
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Mexican president says end of U.S. assault weapon ban contributed to drug...
At a joint press conference with President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared the end of the assault weapons ban coincided with "the...
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Calderon ridicules Texas for warning students to avoid Mexico on spring break
“There are hundreds of thousands of young Texans who go to Mexico (and) enjoy it," Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in Spanish. "We haven’t seen one single incident with U.S. ‘spring-breakers’ in...
View ArticleMexico tourism chief downplays violence, says Texas warning hasn’t slowed...
Rodolfo Lopez Negrete Coppel, chief operating officer of the Mexico Tourism Board, complained that the Texas DPS travel warning was misleading because it put a blanket warning on the entire country...
View ArticleTexas taxpayers’ tab for Rick Perry’s presidential security now tops $3.7...
The DPS reported spending about $104,000 on airfare, food, fuel, lodging and other expenses as it provided security for Perry from September to January.
View ArticleLatino lawmakers say Texas Voter ID law a hardship for minorities
Texas Latino lawmakers testified in a federal trial Tuesday that Republicans rushed a voter ID bill through the legislature despite repeated objections about discrimination and hardships for minority...
View ArticleTexas and U.S. facing growing threat of domestic IEDs
Local law enforcement seeks training by Pentagon's IED experts but legal impediments are in the way.
View ArticleSocial media melee ensues as Texas DPS confiscates feminine hygiene products...
The seizure of feminine products prompted a lively national debate on social media as Texas women had to decide whether they wanted to keep their tampons or watch the debate.
View ArticleTaxpayer tab for Rick Perry’s out-of-state travels now tops $2.6 million...
Trips covered by the latest report include the security detail accompanying Perry to California, where he sought to attract business to Texas; Palm Beach, where he appeared with Florida Gov. Rick Scott...
View ArticleCommentary: Kafka in Texas
Texas on the Potomac welcomes political commentary from across the political spectrum. Today, we are pleased to share a column by TxPotomac regular Jason Stanford, a Democratic consultant in Austin. —...
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