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Texas Governor Welcomes Connecticut Gunmakers
The Hartford CourantTexas Gov. Rick Perry might not have been able to name three federal agencies he'd close, but he has his sights on attracting at least that many Connecticut gun manufacturers and he used the NRA convention in Houston over the last four days to make his...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Executive Branch, Candy Crowley, Career and Workplace, Gun Control
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Letters: Narrowing the NRA
Re "Both sides of debate at NRA convention," May 4 When the National Rifle Assn. backed improved background checks on gun buyers in the 1990s, the organization truly was nonpartisan. Time and money have changed that. Witness the lineup of speakers...
Tags: Politics, Mark Kirk, Executive Branch, Sarah Palin, Patrick J. Toomey
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Can anybody save the Republican Party?
The year 2012 was a disaster for the Republican Party. They failed to regain control of the U.S. Senate. They lost eight seats in the House of Representatives. They didn't just lose the White House to Barack Obama, they got clobbered: losing the Electoral...
Tags: Justin Amash, Rand Paul, White House, Ted Cruz, U.S. Electoral College
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Mayor of West, Texas: The face of a ravaged town
WEST, Texas — The two-tone brown Ford F-150 careens into the downtown parking space and out jumps Tommy Muska, a mayor on the move. Wearing a baseball cap, green long-sleeved shirt and bluejeans, his face ruddy from a life under the central Texas...Tags: Photography and Video, Payne Stewart, Sports, Services and Shopping, Broken Leg
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Open thread: The Weeks in Review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of...... -
Rahm tells jokes
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds Texas Gov. Rick Perry is currently in Chicago, attempting to lure business to the Lone Star State. As reported by DNAinfo.com, Chicago's mayor extended the former Republican presidential candidate a rather witty greeting Monday: "I... -
Rosenthal: Perry tries to rustle Illinois business
Selling the grass as greener in his dusty, drought-plagued state, Texas Gov. Rick Perry came to Chicago this week to paint his state as a commercial paradise and Illinois into a corner. Perry is out to poach Illinois businesses and jobs. He says it's...
Tags: Personal Income, Jerry Brown, Pat Quinn, Executive Branch, National Government
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OK Gov., we know, we know: jobs and education
If I were an advisor to Gov. Rick Scott, which I am not, I would give him a bit of advice, which he surely doesn't want. Gov, I would say, you probably know your popularity ratings are low. We're talking subterranean. We're talking a few points below...Tags: Executive Branch, Gun Control, Bill Nelson, Personal Weapon Control, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Texas explosion: Gov. Perry describes 'absolute devastation'
WEST, Texas -- Authorities here said Friday that the death toll from the fertilizer plant explosion Wednesday night stood at at least 14 people, but they were optimistic that the number of those unaccounted for -- placed at about 60 earlier in the day...Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Executive Branch, Emergency Incidents
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NRA convention gets underway; Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent on tap
HOUSTON -- The National Rifle Assn.’s annual convention begins in earnest Friday in Houston, with leaders who have spent the year defending the group in the wake of mass shootings emboldened by the recent defeat of federal gun control legislation...
Tags: Executive Branch, Gun Control, Bobby Jindal, Washington, DC, Human Interest
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Rain hampers search for survivors of Texas explosion [Update]
Even as as President Obama pledged federal assistance to the devastated community, morning rainfall was hampering search and rescue efforts Thursday at the site of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, which killed as many as 15 people and...Tags: Barack Obama, Broken Bones, CBS Corp., White House, FEMA
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Utah, Virginia governors visit California to woo businesses
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell were in California this week on a whirlwind tour to woo Golden State businesses to expand or relocate to their states. At the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel in Costa Mesa on Thursday, both state...Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Bob McDonnell, Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, Washington, DC
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