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Attorney general says Hill Country cities have power to regulate development on their fringes The Austin American-Statesman Share     Small cities in the Hill Country have the power to regulate development in areas just outside their limits, state Attorney General Greg Abbott said in an opinion Monday. Abbott issued the opinion in response to a question by the City of Wimberley on whether it had the authority to enact construction rules in its extraterritorial jurisdiction - an area outside the city but subject to some city rules - to limit pollution from oil washing off driveways or from fertilizer washing off yards, among other things. More
Developer addresses arroyo concerns El Paso Times Share
Concerns about construction in a West Side arroyo have riled up conservationists, but developers in the area said there's nothing nature lovers should worry about. Open-space advocates said they are concerned about a document that indicates that a stormwater retention pond could be built in an arroyo. More Census count could add four new seats The San Antonio Express-News Share
The U.S. Census Bureau forms arriving in Texans' mailboxes this week will start the decennial dance over whether cities such as San Antonio or Houston get new seats in Congress through redistricting. While the Census is nonpartisan, the redistricting process is highly political. How districts are drawn can determine whether they are competitive or are solidly Democratic or Republican. More
Housing starts in U.S. declined 5.9 percent in February BusinessWeek Share
Housing starts in the U.S. fell in February as record snowfall in parts of the country hampered construction, while fewer building permits signaled demand is stagnating. Mounting foreclosures are making it harder to clear inventories, keeping pressure on prices and discouraging new construction. More Central Texas shut out of TIGER grant money The Austin Business Journal Share
Hoping for federal stimulus money is akin to hoping for that last-second, buzzer-beating score. When the home team wins, everyone wants to talk about it. But when they lose? Forget it. So it was when Austin, and Texas overall, lost again on a share of $1.5 billion in road and rail money from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, grant late last month. More
Salazar visits Big Bend to highlight plans The Abilene Reporter-News Share
A proposal first touted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to create an international park along the U.S.-Mexico border may be closer to reality than ever before. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said Friday his agency is steadily working toward a viable plan to turn the sprawling Big Bend National Park along the Rio Grande in West Texas into a unified park across the border. More Edwards asks for recount of primary results The Houston Chronicle Share
State Rep. Al Edwards has asked for a recount of votes in the primary election he lost by 10 votes on March 2. Edwards filed the paperwork and submitted a $4,400 deposit Monday morning at the Texas Democratic Party headquarters in Austin. "A machine could have malfunctioned or miscounted," Edwards explained. He said community members had asked him to pursue a review of the voting. More
Opinion: Taking taxes off the table - or not The San Antonio Express-News Share
Gov. Rick Perry, who signed an anti-tax-increase pledge, is making hay over Democrat Bill White's refusal to rule out a tax hike. But that doesn't guarantee you'll avoid higher costs if Perry's re-elected to lead Texas through a looming massive budget shortfall. White says he's not tax-happy and wants to scrub the budget of waste. But he won't take the tax issue off the table, recently telling a Texas Tribune forum that he needs to "look under the hood" before deciding how to approach the problem. More Oncor says initial tests show little difference with smart meters The Dallas Morning News Share
Oncor released the initial results of smart meter tests on Monday, but critics of the new electricity meters may not be satisfied. The company that operates power lines and installs electricity meters said in a news release that the 12 digital meters it is testing in Temple showed only a fraction of difference in readings from old mechanical meters. More
White campaign says it erred, not scoffed on financial disclosure forms The Houston Chronicle Texas Politics Blog Share
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White's spokeswoman Katy Bacon said she erred in sending poor scans of his personal financial disclosures, not that campaign was "scoffing" by sending out the nearly illegible documents. More Study: Texas banks beat national averages The Houston Business Journal Share
Houston-based banks have stayed mostly healthy throughout the recession compared to the rest of the nation, according to the 2010 Texas Banks Update by financial services firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. With many national banks weighed down by under-performing assets in other regions, KBW expects regional Texas banks to be able to grab more market share in the state. More
Valley residents concerned over cartel struggle The Brownsville Herald Share
The ongoing struggle in the northern part of Mexico between drug cartels has created an atmosphere of fear in the general public, many of whom have relatives just across the border. The main concern surrounding those fears is that the violence could spill over to the U.S. side. More 
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