WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved the confirmation of Rick Perry as the next secretary of the Department of Energy on Thursday. The vote was 62-37, and included the support of both Texans in the chamber, U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. … Read More
*UPDATE – According to the Statesman, Rick Perry resigned from MCNA and other firms December 31. Former Gov. Rick Perry, who saw a financial windfall in the private sector thanks in part to wealthy donors he cultivated while in state … Read More
Former Gov. Rick Perry is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of energy, CBS and MSNBC reported Monday night.The apparent choice followed Perry’s meeting with the president elect in New York Monday, his second post-election meeting with Trump at Trump … Read More
Rick Perry, who proposed eliminating the U.S. Energy Department during his unsuccessful bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has emerged as a leading candidate to head the agency under President-elect Donald Trump, a transition official said on Sunday.Democratic U.S. … Read More
Rick Perry, the former Texas governor under consideration for a spot in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet, faces questions over a potential conflict of interest due to his service on the board of a company building an oil pipeline delayed by protests. … Read More
Former Gov. Rick Perry, fresh off a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, returned Tuesday to “Dancing with the Stars” for its season finale. Perry, who was eliminated from the ABC show in September, came back to join rapper Vanilla Ice … Read More
No sooner had Donald Trump shocked the political world by winning the presidency than Texas Republicans turned to a new discussion: How much influence will the Lone Star State have in the next White House? Throughout his campaign, Trump cultivated … Read More
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has joined the board of a stem cell company where he underwent experimental back surgery before running for president in 2011 — a procedure that didn’t calm the chronic pain that he later blamed for … Read More
Rick Perry did not survive to dance another day. The former Texas governor was eliminated from the ABC program “Dancing with the Stars” on Tuesday night. Perry and his dancing partner, Emma Slater, faced elimination at the hand of on-air judges … Read More
He’s hardly the judges’ favorite, but former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was supported by enough of the viewing audience Tuesday night to survive to perform for another week on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. The longest-serving governor in Texas history and … Read More
Former Gov. Rick Perry brought some Texas flair to the Season 23 premiere of “Dancing With The Stars,” but his footwork brought few plaudits from the judges. The show partnered Perry, who performed in an floral embroidered Western jacket, with professional dancer Emma Slater … Read More
Former Gov. Rick Perry may be taking a break from campaigning to bust a move on the dance floor, following reports from an entertainment website that the politician may be joining the next season of “Dancing With the Stars.” As … Read More
Donald Trump told Bloomberg Politics Wednesday that he won’t be choosing former Gov. Rick Perry as his running mate, but would like to find some role for him in his administration. “I like him,” Trump said of Perry in the … Read More
AUSTIN — Life outside the governor’s mansion has proven profitable for Rick Perry.The former Texas governor made more than $365,000 in total compensation in 2015 for serving on the corporate boards of two firms that are part of Republican mega … Read More
Gov. Rick Scott of Florida has signed into law changes that bring back DMOs such as MCNA and Dentaquest into Florida’s dental Medicaid program if all goes well. Florida governor signs new bill relating to dental Medicaid Florida HB 819, … Read More
TALLAHASSEE — If there’s one subject that rivals the prominence of job creation in Gov. Rick Scott’s rhetoric, it’s Rick Perry.Scott has made a habit of mentioning the former Texas governor, a fellow Republican, in nearly all of his speeches … Read More
Updated: 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 | Posted: 9:08 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016The state’s top criminal court on Wednesday threw out the remaining criminal charge against Rick Perry, sparing the former governor from trial and a potential prison sentence on … Read More
After three decades in public life, including 14 years as governor, Rick Perry, private citizen, has registered as a lobbyist in Florida representing a dental benefits management firm whose top brass were the biggest contributors to his second failed presidential … Read More
The Texas Tribune this morning reported that former Texas governor Rick Perry is now the chief strategy officer over at MCNA, one of the two managed care organizations Texas now employs to handle Medicaid dental. It is Perry’s first employment position after … Read More
A year out of office, former Gov. Rick Perryhas a new job: chief strategy officer at MCNA Dental, the largest privatively held dental insurance company in the country, according to a spokesman for Perry. The Florida-based insurer does business in … Read More
In his first State of the State address to the Texas Legislature in early 2015, newly elected Gov. Greg Abbott challenged lawmakers to dedicate their unfolding 140-day session to ethics reform, asserting that “the most important commodity that we have … Read More
The contracting reforms that Gov. Greg Abbott issued in January appear to have had such limited impact that they probably would not have prevented the 21CT scandal that prompted them. Public-Information records from 13 state agencies suggest that such policies … Read More
A spokesman for House Speaker Joe Straus on Thursday said the House will propose “a budget in January that requires much more stringent reporting on contracts by state agencies and institutions.” Jason Embry sent the statement in response to inquiries … Read More
Gov. Rick Perry has appointed David Tillman of Aledo and Jason Zimmerman of Keller to the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners. The board oversees licensing and regulation of dental care providers in Texas, and enforces Texas laws regulating the … Read More
AUSTIN — When Gov. Rick Perry tried to force a district attorney from office for drunken driving, he cited outrage at her behavior and a loss of confidence in her ability to do the job.But on his own staff, Perry … Read More
While critics were hounding Gov. Rick Perry a decade ago about his job-luring Texas Enterprise Fund, his lawyers went to Attorney General Greg Abbott to block the release of applications that supposedly had been filled out by the entities requesting … Read More
The facts of the auditor’s report released Thursday on the administration of Gov. Rick Perry’s Texas Enterprise Fund are, as the Tribune’s Aman Batheja termed it, “damning.” How bad? Eleven companies receiving a total of $223.3 million “either did not … Read More
Rick Perry is defending his attempt to coerce Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg out of office—an attempt which resulted in not one, but two indictment charges—by claiming that he was taking a stance against her drunk driving conviction. However, … Read More
AUSTIN — Rick Perry was outraged at the spectacle of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg’s drunken-driving arrest last year. But he didn’t feel that strongly when two other district attorneys faced the same charges under similar circumstances. In those … Read More
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is one of the least thoughtful and most damaging state leaders in America, having done great harm to immigrants, abortion clinics and people without health insurance during his 14 years in office. But bad political … Read More
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry has used longevity and sharp elbows to control state government. His aggressive push last year to oust a damaged district attorney and insert his appointee over an anti-corruption unit was just another step in his … Read More
Today, Gov. Rick Perry was a guest on FOX News Sunday, the interview can be viewed below. Politico Magazine also published and op-ed today by Gov. Perry, “America’s New Mission in Iraq,” which you can read here. Louisiana Governor Bobby … Read More
Gov. Rick Perry today made the following statement regarding the decision by the Travis County Grand Jury: “As governor, I took an oath to faithfully uphold the constitution of Texas, a pledge that I have kept every day as I’ve … Read More
A grand jury indicted Gov. Rick Perry on Friday on charges of abuse of power and coercion as part of an ethics inquiry into his veto of funding for the state’s public integrity unit. The inquiry began last summer after … Read More
Gov. Rick Perry has come a long way since 2012, when he went from presidential front-runner to punch line in the blink of an eye and his campaign staff disintegrated into warring factions that eventually met in separate buildings. He … Read More
AUSTIN — Looking to cultivate national supporters ahead of a possible 2016 presidential run, Gov. Rick Perry has formed a federal political action committee aimed at helping like-minded Republicans in the Nov.4 elections. Perry launches RickPAC federal campaign fund – … Read More
t was the summer of 2002 and it appeared that Democrat Tony Sanchez might be gaining traction in his campaign against Gov. Rick Perry by depicting the incumbent — who had received $1 million in insurance company money in his … Read More
AUSTIN — As he gears up for a possible second presidential run, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is crisscrossing the country extolling a business-first philosophy he says made his state’s economy white-hot — and can work for the rest of America … Read More
Gov. Rick Perry has reappointed Cathleen Parsley of Austin as Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings for a term to expire May 15, 2016. The judge oversees hearings in contested cases to ensure they … Read More
Even after Gov. Rick Perry stripped funding for the agency that prosecutes state public corruption cases, his emissaries worked to swap the resignation of embattled Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg for restoration of the money, several sources told The … Read More
