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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
An in-state tuition law that sailed through the Texas Legislature and across the governor’s desk 10 years ago continues to haunt Rick Perry’s presidential campaign in strange new ways. Most recently, a hardline anti-illegal immigration group protested outside a Perry fundraiser, and new complaints about social media censorship from Perry supporters.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, as The Independent noted Tuesday, understated the amount of contributions given to him by a pharmaceutical company that stood to benefit monetarily from a vaccination mandate Perry placed within an executive order. A newly released Texas report shows there were additional donations that also aided Perry.
A new study indicates that while natural gas may be a cleaner-burning energy source than coal, making the switch isn’t likely to slow global warming any time soon.
Ron Paul supporters are none too happy about a series of photos taken during a commercial break at the latest GOP presidential debate showing Rick Perry being rather aggressive with the Texas Congressman.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — A Republican congressman stopped short of telling constituents gathered for a town hall meeting that he’d advocate impeaching President Obama, adding that the trouble is that the U.S. Constitution may not quite allow for it.
A New Hampshire campaign trail claim by Rick Perry during an exchange with a local boy and his mother that Texas schools teach both evolution and creationism, and then allow students to decide which is correct, is a false statement.
The national media treated Texas Gov. Rick Perry to the first fact-check of his presidential campaign over the weekend, continuing with a flurry of coverage Monday.
Following months of hype, speculation and protesting, tens of thousands of worshipers gathered Saturday to join Gov. Rick Perry for “The Response,” a prayer and fast event headlined by a who’s-who of major — and sometimes controversial — evangelical Christian leaders.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a possible 2012 entrant, will be free to usher, direct parking or join hands onstage with James Dobson one week from Saturday, thanks to a federal court ruling Thursday dismissing a lawsuit challenging Perry’s involvement in a Christian prayer rally.
Police in McKinney, Texas are still investigating the “possible arson” that happened this week when a Molotov cocktail struck a Planned Parenthood clinic.
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