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Gov. Perry activates secret border violence plan The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Share     Texas Gov. Rick Perry has activated a secret spillover violence contingency plan, citing an increasing threat of violence crossing the Texas border from Mexico. Perry's office said details of the plan, activated Tuesday, wouldn't be released because of security concerns. However, Perry said that, "With the growing threat of violence in Mexico spilling over the border, we have taken important measures to increase the law enforcement presence along the Texas border and have placed additional resources on standby to combat any potential situation." More
Commentary: Straus well-positioned to repeat as speaker The Austin American-Statesman Virtual Capitol Blog Share
Republican Joe Straus finished his first session as speaker of the Texas House well-positioned to return for a second. His chances of remaining speaker seem only to have improved in the 10 months since. The House remains closely divided between 77 Republicans and 73 Democrats. But a number of big and small events recently suggest more success for the speaker. More Averitt officially resigns; special election set for May 8 The Waco Tribune Share
State Sen. Kip Averitt submitted his resignation to Gov. Rick Perry's office Wednesday, and Perry wasted no time calling a special election for the Waco Republican's seat. That election will be held May 8 - a Saturday - and candidates will have until April 7 to file, according to a release from the governor's office Wednesday afternoon. More
GOP's Pete Sessions leads party in rate of uninsured constituents The Dallas Morning News Share
Rep. Pete Sessions' Dallas-area district has the highest rate of residents lacking health insurance of any Republican-controlled district in the country, according to census data. No other red districts are even in the top 10 of that unlucky club. More Democrats seek more pull in Texas The Austin American-Statesman Share
With congressional redistricting looming, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee said it plans to spend a record amount of money in several states, including Texas. The national committee, which provides financial support to Democratic candidates in state legislative races, will spend $20 million in an effort to take control of 21 legislative chambers in 17 states, a spokesman said. More
Perry to present pardon papers to exonerated inmate's family The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Share
Gov. Rick Perry will be in Fort Worth on Friday to formally present the family of Tim Cole with a posthumous pardon he granted the wrongfully convicted inmate this month. "While nothing will ever make up for the time Tim Cole lost with his family while he was wrongfully imprisoned, Gov. Perry is hopeful the posthumous pardon will bring them a measure of peace," Perry's spokeswoman Allison Castle said. More In lawsuit, dentist drills LCRA on water releases The Austin American-Statesman Share
After his access to Lake Travis was limited during the drought, Bob Wynne, 68, decided to sue the Lower Colorado River Authority this year. In the lawsuit, filed in state District Court in Travis County, he claims the LCRA has damaged his property by sending water downriver for electrical generation. He also argues that the LCRA releases excessive amounts of water for irrigation and for fish and wildlife downstream. More
Women homebuilders raising roofs in Dallas area The Dallas Morning News via TXCN Share
Diane Cheatham still remembers the first time she walked onto a home building project. "The first job I walked on in 1980, the contractor looked at me and said it was bad luck to have a woman on a job site," said Cheatham, who has run Urban Edge Developers Ltd., a custom building company, since 1991. "Things have changed greatly since then." Cheatham, who builds townhouse projects and has her own subdivision in North Dallas, is one of a growing number of women in what has traditionally been a boys' club of a business. More San Antonio Water System seeks to save water via rates The San Antonio Express-News Share
The San Antonio Water System presented a proposed rate structure to the City Council on Wednesday that would penalize high-volume users while rewarding those who use less. "This is designed to change behavior," said Doug Evanson, SAWS chief financial officer and senior vice president. More
White's board seat falls on a fine line The Houston Chronicle Share
Former Houston Mayor Bill White's service on the board of an oil field services company now facing a congressional inquiry is not illegal, but it is unusual. A Houston Chronicle review of the personal financial disclosure statements for more than a dozen state and local officials found half listing service on company boards, but most of those were family-run businesses, mostly involving ranching or real estate. Only White and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert showed up as serving as directors of major corporations. More Galveston to open bids on dike repairs The Galveston County Daily News Share
John Ringer admitted he saw the sign that said the Texas City Dike was closed. He admitted he was riding on the Hurricane Ike-damaged road last fall when four police arrived and gave him a ticket. Unfortunately for Ringer and the thousands of others who complain the 5-mile-long pier, closed since Hurricane Ike wrecked it, should reopen sooner rather than later, the dike still is closed and still off limits to the public. But there might be some light at the end of the tunnel. More
Abilene home sales dip for second straight month The Abilene Reporter-News Share
Monthly home sales in the Abilene area decreased in February compared with the same month last year, making for two consecutive months of year-to-year declines, according to statistics released by the Abilene Board of Realtors. More Stanford receiver sues lobbyist Barnes for $5 million Bloomberg via BusinessWeek Share
Ralph Janvey, the receiver for R. Allen Stanford's businesses, sued former Texas Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes to recover consulting and lobbying fees he got from the indicted financier during the past five years. Janvey seeks a court order requiring Barnes to return more than $5 million that he was paid by Stanford or his companies from 2005 to 2009, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused Stanford of leading a $7 billion investment fraud. More 
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