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SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON KATRINA RELIEF

Texas Governor Rick Perry testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the presidents request for additional Gulf Coast aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, in Washington on March 7, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)


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DALLAS, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A $300 million teacher merit pay plan in Texas, intended to improve student test scores and achievement, hasn't produced the desired results, experts say.
HOUSTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Noted Houston lawyer John O'Quinn was one of two men killed in a one-vehicle crash in Houston Thursday morning, police said.
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A Texas death row prisoner says he is hoping to avoid execution this week but he doubts Gov. Rick Perry will grant him clemency.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Anti-execution activists say the state of Texas must end its death penalty practices.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has never called off an execution based on a claim of innocence and has only once delayed an execution in such cases, documents indicate.
Non-Texans to Perry: Please secede
DALLAS, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- While the idea of Texas seceding from the United States has sparked a debate in the state, many elsewhere are saying "good riddance," letters indicate.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he has replaced another member of the state board investigating allegations an innocent man was executed.
Palin absent from hot gubernatorial races
TRENTON, N.J., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Two Republicans locked in competitive gubernatorial races so far haven't taken former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's offer to stump for them, their campaigns said.
DALLAS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Texas judge ruled two men married elsewhere can divorce in the Lone Star state and that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution.
HOUSTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Gov. Rick Perry Wednesday named two new members to a panel investigating whether Texas executed an innocent man, a move that delayed the inquiry.
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npr.org at 21 Oct 2009 01:48 pm
Did Texas execute an innocent man? That question, and the controversy surrounding it, continues to swirl around Gov. Rick Perry. Critics say the governor has tried to squelch an...
nytimes.com at 19 Oct 2009 08:50 pm
Amid questions about whether Gov. Rick Perry allowed the execution of an innocent man, Mark White, who supported the death penalty as governor, said the time had come to rethink it.
washingtontimes.com at 15 Oct 2009 04:45 am
Republican infighting is getting nasty early in Texas' gubernatorial primary race - a bellwether indicating whether the party will enhance its electoral fortunes by tacking center or...
latimes.com at 12 Oct 2009 03:00 am
The panel is looking into disputed arson forensics that convicted Cameron Todd Willingham, who was put to death in 2004. Texas Gov. Rick Perry's aides put pressure on the chairman of a...
cnn.com at 11 Oct 2009 12:47 pm
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has removed a fourth member of a state commission charged with investigating claims that an innocent man may have been executed, his office said.
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