As former Gov. Rick Perry's U.S. Senate confirmation hearing approaches, we are re-posting several of our major reports on Perry's tenure as governor. You can view a list of all of the 130-plus TPJ postings relating to Perry by scrolling down the right-hand column of the home page and clicking on the "Rick Perry" label.
The Rick Perry Primer
Our 2011 background report documenting Perry's many conflicts and controversies.________________________________________________________________
Perry Top-Donor: Nuclear Waste Dumpster
Lobby Watch Report: Nuclear Compact With the Devil?Lobby Watch Report: Don't Trash Texas Until Your Give Perry $1.1 Million.
Lobby Watch Report: Waste Kingpin's $$ Predicts Nuke Dump Support.
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Perry's Enterprise Fund Con Job
TPJ has documented the many shortcomings of Perry's economic development funds.Lobby Watch Report: Texas Big Three Bag Enterprise-Fund Millions.
Con Job: Report Finds Most Texas Enterprise Fund Grantees Failed to Deliver in 2010.
Report: Enterprise Fund Grantees Give $7 Million: Rick Perry's Piggybank.
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Perry and the Texas Lobby
TPJ Shark Week reports documented connections between Perry and Texas lobbyists.Report One: Perry's Roomie Toomey Mobilizes the Corporate Lobby.
Report Two: Governor Runs Farm Team for Lobbyists.
Report Three: Perry Appointees Morph Into Lobbyists.
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Perry's Criminal Indictments
Fact-sheet on Rick Perry criminal indictments, June 2015.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed the charges against Perry in a pretrial ruling in February 2016.
