Illinois Governor Calls Perry Visit "An Escapade"
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says Texas Gov. Rick Perry's visit to try to entice businesses away from Illinois is merely "an escapade" and Illinois can compete with any state.
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says Texas Gov. Rick Perry's visit to try to entice businesses away from Illinois is merely "an escapade" and Illinois can compete with any state.
Laura Bush wanted to make sure her husband's presidential center reflected their Texas roots, and it does -- right down to the building's limestone base from the Midland area, where they both grew up and lived after they were married.
The Texas Senate is reviewing the Railroad Commission on Tuesday, and will consider a name change for the agency that now has very little to do with railroads.
Americans spend billions of dollars online, and now it could get more expensive. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bill that would let states collect taxes on online purchases.
The White House says President Barack Obama and First Lady Michele Obama will attend a memorial service for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas.
When Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott visited the devastation in West following a fertilizer plant explosion, he looked very gubernatorial. And that might not be an accident.
"I'm a uniter, not a divider," George W. Bush said throughout his 1999 campaign, pitching himself as a "compassionate conservative" with a broad domestic policy agenda.
Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz toured the devastation in West Friday. They declined to speculate on what regulatory changes might be needed in the wake of the deadly blast in order to prevent future tragedies.
A far-reaching new immigration bill is getting its first test at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where opponents of the legislation will be able to face off with its authors.
Texas Republicans proposed legislation on Thursday that would adopt the current political maps, but Democrats promised to fight the effort.
The Texas Senate has voted to drastically cut back the hours of training needed to get s state concealed handgun license.
Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades on Wednesday, refusing to tighten background checks on firearms buyers or ban assault weapons as they spurned the personal pleas of families of the victims of last winter's elementary school shootings in Newtown, Conn.
The Texas Senate has approved legislation to expedite the parental right to close public schools or convert them into charter schools if they are under performing academically.
A spokesman with Dallas Fire-Rescue says a suspicious letter sent to a district office for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas has tested negative for hazardous substances.
Gov. Rick Perry is heading to Illinois to recruit businesses to relocate to Texas. He made the announcement Wednesday after purchasing $42,000 in radio advertising in the Chicago area.
