Charter schools, as a matter of law, have always been exempted from the accountability system, and the 65 percent requirement is part of the financial accountability system. We don't know that there is an administrative way around it, but certainly if there is a way that Gov. Perry administratively can achieve that, he certainly will do that.

What they're facing with their daughter's cancer is something that no family should have to go through. It's so sad. The situation as they described it, the governor talked with them and asked them questions.

The governor didn't make his decision on who to appoint until just recently.

It's a natural and well-expected reluctance.

As governor, [Perry] agrees to call out the Texas Rangers to help protect these witnesses to a murder.

We're preparing for potential inland flooding and tornadoes.

Governor Perry has been the most open book in terms of a long-standing history of releasing his complete tax returns for years so the public is able to totally examine his sources of income.

With his Hollywood looks, he was typecast to play the governor of the great state of Texas.

It's way too early to determine the long-term impact, financial or otherwise.