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href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/perrys-pitch-faithful-stresses-second-chances/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/perrys-pitch-faithful-stresses-second-chances/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/APerryOut200headbowedCMS_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Gov. Rick Perry announcing on Jan. 19, 2012, that he's withdrawing from the presidential race."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/APerryOut200headbowedCMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gov. Rick Perry announcing on Jan. 19, 2012, that he's withdrawing from the presidential race." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gov. Rick Perry announcing on Jan. 19, 2012, that he's withdrawing from the presidential race.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Former Gov. Rick Perry, courting faith-based voters in South Carolina, emphasized "second chances" Tuesday as he spoke at a Christian college.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/perrys-pitch-faithful-stresses-second-chances/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/perry-says-dream-act-repeal-state-legislators/">Perry: Repeal of In-State Tuition Law is Up to Legislators</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 7 Apr 2015 15:26:03 -0500" title="2015-04-07 15:26"> April 7, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/perry-says-dream-act-repeal-state-legislators/comments/"><span class="value">23</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/perry-says-dream-act-repeal-state-legislators/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/05/Rick_Perry_WaPo_Interview_2_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry in a video interview in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/05/Rick_Perry_WaPo_Interview_2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry in a video interview in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry in a video interview in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2015.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Former Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> on Tuesday deferred to state lawmakers on whether they want to repeal Texas' in-state tuition law, a measure he signed into law in 2001 and has defended to varying degrees ever since.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/perry-says-dream-act-repeal-state-legislators/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/rand-paul-announces-presidential-run/">Rand Paul Announces Presidential Run</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Katie Zezima, The Washington Post </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 7 Apr 2015 10:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-07 10:00"> April 7, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/rand-paul-announces-presidential-run/comments/"><span class="value">13</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/rand-paul-announces-presidential-run/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/16/UP9A3618_mHpSfCb_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the opening of his Austin office at downtown startup incubator incubator Capital Factory on March 16, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/16/UP9A3618_mHpSfCb_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the opening of his Austin office at downtown startup incubator incubator Capital Factory on March 16, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the opening of his Austin office at downtown startup incubator incubator Capital Factory on March 16, 2015.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Rand Paul, the maverick first-term senator and Texas native who rode a tea party wave from a Kentucky ophthalmology practice to Congress, on Tuesday formally announced a bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/rand-paul-announces-presidential-run/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/video-a-conversation-with-ayotte-and-cornyn/">Video: A Conversation with Ayotte and Cornyn </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 6 Apr 2015 18:44:50 -0500" title="2015-04-06 18:44"> April 6, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/video-a-conversation-with-ayotte-and-cornyn/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Screen_Shot_2015-04-06_at_6.40.04_PM_png_150x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Screen_Shot_2015-04-06_at_6.40.04_PM_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Full video of my 4/2 conversation with United States Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-New Hampshire, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/john-cornyn/">John Cornyn</a>, R-Texas.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/video-a-conversation-with-ayotte-and-cornyn/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/rand-pauls-play-texas/">Rand Paul Keeping an Eye on Texas</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/abby-livingston/">Abby Livingston</a> and <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 6 Apr 2015 17:45:22 -0500" title="2015-04-06 17:45"> April 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/rand-pauls-play-texas/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/rand-pauls-play-texas/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/16/7C2A3977_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Rand Paul speaks to supporter after briefly addressing public at the opening of his new office at the downtown Austin, Texas incubator Capital Factory on March 16th, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/16/7C2A3977_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Rand Paul speaks to supporter after briefly addressing public at the opening of his new office at the downtown Austin, Texas incubator Capital Factory on March 16th, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Rand Paul speaks to supporter after briefly addressing public at the opening of his new office at the downtown Austin, Texas incubator Capital Factory on March 16th, 2015</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is readying his presidential campaign — and his political play for the Lone Star State. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/rand-pauls-play-texas/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/rick-perry-keeping-his-texas-donor-network-alive/">Rick Perry is Keeping His Texas Donor Network Alive</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Philip Rucker, The Washington Post </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 3 Apr 2015 08:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-03 08:00"> April 3, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/rick-perry-keeping-his-texas-donor-network-alive/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/rick-perry-keeping-his-texas-donor-network-alive/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/25/Perry_in_Iowa_copy_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Former Texas Governor Rick Perry campaigns at a Pizza Ranch in Indianola, Iowa."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/25/Perry_in_Iowa_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Former Texas Governor Rick Perry campaigns at a Pizza Ranch in Indianola, Iowa." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Former Texas Governor Rick Perry campaigns at a Pizza Ranch in Indianola, Iowa.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/http://opportunityandfreedompac.com/" target="_blank">Opportunity and Freedom PAC</a>, a group set up by Rick Perry's advisers to support his candidacy, raised more than $1 million this week in Texas, according to two Republicans with knowledge of the fundraising activity.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/rick-perry-keeping-his-texas-donor-network-alive/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/roundup-house-budget-battle-cruz-climbs/">Roundup: The House Budget Marathon and Cruz's Campaign</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/rocha-alana/">Alana Rocha</a> and <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/">Justin Dehn</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 3 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-03 06:00"> April 3, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/roundup-house-budget-battle-cruz-climbs/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/040315_Roundup_Still_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/040315_Roundup_Still_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>In the Roundup: The House debates hundreds of budget amendments, and <span>U.S. Sen. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408071918/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/">Ted Cruz</a> raises money and moves up in the polls in </span>his first couple of weeks as a 2016 presidential contender.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/roundup-house-budget-battle-cruz-climbs/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/livestream-a-conversation-us-sen-bernie-sanders/">Video: A Conversation With Bernie Sanders</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Apr 2015 18:44:58 -0500" title="2015-04-02 18:44"> April 2, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150408071918/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/livestream-a-conversation-us-sen-bernie-sanders/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150408071918im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Screen_Shot_2015-04-02_at_6.42.38_PM_png_150x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div 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