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No candidate has unveiled budget cure-all The Houston Chronicle Share     Texas expects a shortfall of at least $12 billion when lawmakers meet to write the next budget, but major candidates for governor have few specifics on how they would exert their leadership to close the gap. Asked how they would close the budget gap, the five major candidates suggest largely unspecified spending reductions. More
Texas gubernatorial primaries drawing nearly twice the early voters as in 2006 The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Mom2Mom Blog Share
Nearly twice as many Texans cast early ballots for the March 2 primary in the first six days of voting as did in the last gubernatorial race in 2006, state election records show. Turnout was even higher in Tarrant County, with more than 16,024 votes cast, compared with 5,729 in 2006. In both years, Republicans turned in the bulk of the early ballots, election records show. More For now, White has healthy cash lead The Austin American-Statesman First Reading Blog Share
The eight-day-out fundraising reports should start showing up online today. Gov. Rick Perry will report that he raised $852,000 in the last month and has $2.5 million on hand. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will report that she raised about $1.1 million and has about $2.3 million. Meanwhile Democratic frontrunner Bill White raised $2.2 million and has $5.4 million on hand. More
Despite attack, Perry still says no to Capitol detectors The Austin American-Statesman Postcards Blog Share
Two days after a plane was slammed into an Austin office building in an apparent attack, Gov. Rick Perry said this afternoon he still does not favor installing metal detectors at the Texas Capitol. Statehouse security has been at issue since a gunman opened fire outside the Capitol’s south entrance about a month ago. It surfaced again Thursday after an angry pilot with tax issues apparently slammed his single-engine plane into a seven-story office building housing offices of the IRS. More Law enforcement officials, politicians discuss illegal immigration The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Share
Area law enforcement officials grappling with illegal immigration and the problems they say it brings - from drug trafficking to increased demand on healthcare providers - said that they need help dealing with the issue in North Texas. That help could come from Congress, which they say could send more money for training and equipment, or from the state, which might gain the ability to tax transfers of money out of the country and use that revenue to help law enforcement or healthcare. More
More Texans falling behind on mortgages The Dallas Morning News Share
More than one in 10 Texas homeowners with loans are behind in their payments. But the number of homes in foreclosure in the state still fell slightly in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the latest study by the Mortgage Bankers Association. More Ohio man bulldozes $350K home to avoid foreclosure The Associated Press via El Paso Times Share
An Ohio man says he bulldozed his $350,000 home to keep a bank from foreclosing on it. Terry Hoskins says he has struggled with the RiverHills Bank over his home in Moscow for years and had problems with the Internal Revenue Service. He says the IRS placed liens on his carpet store and commercial property and the bank claimed his house as collateral. More
Two Republicans compete for Railroad Commission as pivotal year approaches The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Share
The agency that helped kindle the Barnett Shale natural gas boom is headed for a transformational year. Its chairman is up for election in November, with a challenger in the Republican primary and a Democrat running in the general election. And once that's over, the commission is scheduled for a sunset review during the 2011 legislative session. More Aerial drones could patrol Texas border The San Antonio Express-News Share
A Texas congressman plans to meet with federal officials in April to press for use of an unmanned aerial vehicle - called a UAV or drone - to patrol the border from Brownsville to El Paso. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, has requested a Predator drone to help combat narcotics trafficking and potential threats of terrorism along the Rio Grande. More
How do you stay an outsider once you're in? The San Antonio Express-News Share
State Sen. Dan Patrick, called a GOP party crasher when elected on an anti-tax wave, is getting shots from the anti-establishment crowd as he surfs closer to a possible statewide race. His comments about upstart GOP gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina - and moves like supporting Gov. Rick Perry's re-election - make him a target for some whose sympathies lie with Tea Parties and Ron Paul or think Patrick's strayed from the grassroots that launched him. More City Council may join Alpine on lawsuit against Texas Open Meetings act El Paso Times Share
El Paso City Council today will consider joining a lawsuit filed by the city of Alpine that alleges the Texas Open Meetings act violates the First Amendment rights of public officials. The lawsuit, filed against Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, stems from the 2005 indictment of two Alpine City Council members, Avinash Rangra and Katie Elms-Lawrence, who were accused of having a "daisy chain" public meeting by using e-mail to discuss city business with other elected officials. More
IRS officials meet with employees as officals confirm pilot's identity The Austin American-Statesman Share
Top Internal Revenue Service administrators, in Austin on Monday to meet with employees after an attack on their office, said workers vowed to carry on despite what one of the officials called a senseless act. "People are angry this happened, sad to lose a colleague, but mostly I think people have a great resolve that they serve this country every day," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. More Consumer Alert: Whose side is the arbitrator on? KHOU-TV via KVUE Share
If you buy a cell phone, a car, or even the biggest purchase of all, a house, you may have signed away your rights to sue because of a "binding arbitration" clause in the purchase contract. In Houston, one case has gotten national attention, singled out by critics of arbitration as an example of how they say arbitration is biased against consumers. More  Merger could boost Schlumberger's gas role The Houston Chronicle Share
Through its proposed merger with Houston-based Smith International, oil field services giant Schlumberger will be better positioned to expand its presence in production of North American natural gas, a resource expected to play a major role in meeting the continent's future energy needs. More
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