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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HUNTSVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Texas man was put to death Thursday evening for his part in a deadly 1996 robbery after Gov. Rick Perry refused to follow a recommendation for clemency.
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Kay Bailey Hutchison said Friday she will keep her U.S. Senate seat for now while running for governor of Texas.
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. 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.
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.
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.
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign is paying volunteers to sign up other activists and get voters to the polls, the Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry says the 2004 execution of a man for killing his daughters in a house fire was justified despite disputes over evidence of arson.
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Local officials in the Rio Grande Valley are not happy with Gov. Rick Perry's plan to deploy Texas Rangers along the Mexican border.
