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More clout for Texas: Redistricting could benefit El Paso, lawmakers say
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Texas stands to gain
more leverage in Congress if its population continues to grow next year. The state could pick up three or four House seats after 2010 Census figures are tallied. But gaining that additional representation will come with a heavy political price. State lawmakers have the task of redrawing boundaries for the state Legislature's two chambers, the Texas congressional delegation and the State Board of Education. More
Texas primary filing
period begins
The Associated Press via The Lubbock Avalanche Journal
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Texas candidates running for office in 2010 are making their election plans official. Democrats and Republicans seeking office can file for their March 2 party primaries starting Thursday. Each party's state office in Austin expects a stream of candidates to begin coming in. The office-seekers have until Jan. 4 to file.
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State Farm to appeal order for refunds
The Dallas Morning News
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State Farm Insurance plans to appeal a state ruling that ordered the company to refund $310 million to its Texas
customers for charging too much for homeowners coverage dating to 2003, a spokesman said. Kevin Davis of State Farm said attorneys will file an appeal in state court in Austin on Monday challenging the order by state Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin, who said the company was charging excessive rates until 2008. State Farm maintains that it owes not a dime of refunds.
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Fort Hood units may be assigned to Afghanistan, Pentagon official says
The San Antonio Express News Texas on the Potomac Blog
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Fort Hood-based Army combat units may be designated within days to join President Obama's 30,000-strong
troop surge to Afghanistan, with hurry-up deployments expected early next year, a Pentagon spokesman said. Marine Maj. Shawn Turner, serving as a spokesman for the office of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, told Texas on the Potomac that units based at Fort Hood and other stateside Army and Marine Corps bases will be publicly designated to join the troop surge as early as Friday.
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Texas' top dailies to survey voters
The San Antonio Express-News
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More than 2.3 million Texas readers will have candidate and issues polling available to them for the 2010 elections because of an unprecedented partnership between the state's five largest newspapers, their editors announced. Polls will be conducted for the first-ever such joint
effort of the Austin American-Statesman, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.
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Feds: prairie bird may warrant endangered status
The Associated Press via The Brownsville Herald
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Federal officials say a wide-ranging prairie songbird may warrant protections under the Endangered Species Act. The Sprague's pipit, which nests on the ground, has seen nearly four-fifths of its population disappear in the last four decades. It breeds in the northern Great Plains and southern Canada and winters from Arizona and Texas to Louisiana, Mississippi and northern Mexico.
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No injuries after Border Patrol agent fires gun; 3 arrested
The Brownsville Herald
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A U.S. Border Patrol agent fired his gun during a confrontation with at least three people early Wednesday morning. No
injuries were reported during the shooting, which occurred about 1 a.m. Wednesday near Sullivan City, said Agent Joe Treviño, a Border Patrol spokesman.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Regional economy has firmed up a bit
The Dallas Business Journal
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Economic conditions in North Texas showed signs of improvement in the most recent six-week period, according to the latest Beige Book survey released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The report, which
is released periodically, evaluates economic conditions in the Fed's 11th district, which includes the entire North Texas region.
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No letup in governor's race on eve of filing
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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With filing for the 2010 elections beginning, Gov. Rick Perry was touting his endorsements Wednesday, and his chief rival - U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison - was promising to clean up the "pay for play" politics that she contends has become prevalent in Perry’s administration.
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Governor? Who cares? Texas GOP launches adaptable attack ad on White
The Fort Wort Star-Telegram Politex Blog
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Houston Mayor Bill White will announce later this week whether he's continuing his campaign for the US Senate or switching to the governor's race. The Texas Republican Party will
be ready either way.
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