Perry issues disaster declaration for Gustav

Texas creating disaster response commission
Gov. Rick Perry is forming a commission to oversee coastal rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Ike.

Perry orders prison lockdown, death row inmate had cell phone
Gov. Rick Perry has ordered a lockdown of Texas prisons and a search of all inmates after a cell phone was confiscated from a condemned killer who...

Texas Governor talks up road building
Gov. Rick Perry says he and Texas legislative leaders will work together in the 2009 session to come up with long-term transportation funding...

Gov. Perry Slams Washington for Bailout Failure
Governor Rick Perry says he's "sick and tired" of the partisan gridlock in Washington.

Texas Secretary of State's Swearing In a First
Governor Rick Perry swore in Esperanza “Hope” Andrade as Texas’ new Secretary of State.