Perry was office for the period studied and has spent lot of time bragging about the performance of Texas during his tenure. Stateline numbers show that between 2000 and 2013, the middle class Texas shrunk by 2.6 percentage points, from 47.8 percent to 45.2 percent, as income dropped..…

The Department's Rule diminishes stability and predictability of Texas by forcing Texas employers to acknowledge same-sex unions while the federal full faith and credit statute upholds Texas's right to disregard such unions the complaint says.. ... the prayer for relief would..…