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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, stopped short of endorsing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Budget plan to end Collective Bargaining for most public unions Friday morning. Appearing with his Democratic…

LUBBOCK, Texas | Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:00am EST LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - A 20-year-old Saudi Student accused in a Bomb Plot that may have targeted former President George W. Bush will plead Not Guilty to Terrorism charges, his attorney said on …

A group of Arizona residents are getting serious about creating a breakaway state --but it's not the U-S they want to escape from, it's Arizona. The Arizona Star reports that a committee of Democrats in the southern part of the state says the Cons…

With the Wisconsin state Assembly taking the first major legislative step toward enactment of a Controversial law to sharply curtail Collective Bargaining rights of public workers, Democratic Governors meeting in Washington offered pointed criti…

The unions are up in arms about this effort, and even more demonstrations are planned in other states.  Employee salaries and benefits are a large part of any states Budget.  I do not have enough information on Wisconsin’s budget t…

Long before Gov. Scott Walker watched Democrats flee Wisconsin last week, a similar scenario played out in Texas when another first-term Governor faced a contentious political debate. In 2003, Gov. Rick Perry was only beginning to make his mark …

Dan Burton, Republican congressman from Indiana wants to spend money for contraceptions for horses, but women, be darned. I am not opposed to efforts to control wild horses through contraception. It's a good idea, but when it comes to Human beings…

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, in town for the NGA Winter Meeting, told POLITICO Friday that while he’s supporting his Governor, Haley Barbour, for president, he likes Texas Gov. Rick Perry as a second choice. "I really like Rick …