Larry Wheeler, Governor Rick Perry's Cousin, Killed By Deputies

Larry Don Wheeler, the 74-year-old cousin of the Governor of Texas Rick Perry, was shot and killed by Sheriff's deputies on Saturday. Deputies were responding to a disturbance call at 136 Country Club Drive, when shots were fired. It is believed one of the officers was shot...

Is Texas becoming the Loonstar State?

"AUSTIN, Texas – A group of Texas Democrats says Republican Gov. Rick Perry was reckless when he suggested at an anti-tax rally that fed-up Americans may one day want to secede from the United States. They said...

The Weekly Riot: The Shot Heard Round the World

Abraham Lincoln once observed that “If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution”...

Texas Governor Makes Right Call on Ethanol

At last, a prominent politician has called for an end to — or, at a minimum, a temporary halt to — the insanity that surrounds the push for corn ethanol. That word comes, according to a news...

Nugent Stomps Out Perry Tolerance Talk

After following the inauguration of Texas Governor Rick Perry, which was held in-doors due to the ice storm in Austin, I was surprised at the rhetoric coming from the Republicans camp.  And then I found this...

Big Ice in Big Texas

Texas has been hit by severe weather; including freezing rain, and ice storms (two stories at the bottom), closing highways, grounding flights, stranding commuters, and causing power outages across Central &...

Perry Appears To Have The Votes To Win

"'Two days before the November general election, Gov. Rick Perry appears to be headed for re-election, a new poll by the Dallas Morning News suggests.Comment" With a day to go before the polls open across the country, the only work left to do is what political vets call...

FBI willing to go undercover in Congress if necessary

Are you willing to go over-cover? Snap the Vote - see below... "WASHINGTON - The new chief of the FBI's Criminal Division, which is swamped with public corruption cases, says the bureau is ramping up its ability to catch crooked politicians and might run an undercover sting...

GOP Hopes Bush's Dallas Visit Will Impact Election

"President and Mrs. Bush will attend a rally Monday evening in Dallas for Governor Rick Perry.Comment" With a day to go before the polls open across the country, the only work left to do is what political vets call "pull the vote". There are over 150 million Americans...

Snap The Vote in Texas: Someone has a lead in the polls. Ho hum.

This is a common - yawn - way to cover the election. Numbers, horse-races. Nasty TV ads, mudslinging. Self-important pundits spewing their pearls. If this is the way most people experience elections - no wonder...

Snap The Vote: Kinky Friedman, for example

Many of our members have responded generously with personal photos they took of Kinky Friedman, a Texan running for governor of that state. We're encouraging as many Americans as possible to go out and Snap The Vote! See below. "Kinky Friedman began the final campaign...

Texas: Cameras at Texas-Mexico border go online

The whole immigration issue is a huge issue here in Texas. Interesting that the government would put the border surveillance cameras online a couple of days before the election! "SAN ANTONIO If you're on the...

Texas: Hopefuls head to finish line at full speed

Have a picture of any of the governor hopefuls? Please consider sharing them with NowPublic readers. "Republican Gov. Rick Perry entered the final weekend of the 2006 campaign vowing to take no vote for granted...

Texas governor applauds border security operation

Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday lauded a five-county operation to beef up law enforcement near the Texas-Mexico border, saying it reduced crime and provided a model for the rest of the border.

Web users to 'patrol' US border

"A US state is to enlist web users in its fight against illegal immigration by offering live surveillance footage of the Mexican border on the internet." "The plan will allow web users worldwide to watch Texas'...

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