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Highlights Wednesday from the Legislature
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry will take the federal money, even if he has to pinch his nose with one hand while holding out the other.
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Obama to Congress: Pass stimulus, don’t play games
WASHINGTON (AP) — So much for bipartisanship.
Day after day of Republican sniping at President Barack Obama and the massive economic recovery bill he wants Congress to pass quickly appeared to get the best of the leader who pledged to govern across party lines and mend old, bitter partisan divisions. In an hourlong prime-time news conference Monday, Obama shot back repeatedly with biting, sarcastic asides about GOP lawmakers who say the bill is too big, loaded with pork-barrel spending and won’t create jobs.
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Cook: Many challenges ahead in 81st session
With $9 billion less to spend during the upcoming biennium than originally projected, State Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, acknowledged Thursday that lawmakers face some serious challenges over the next 140 days.
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Henderson, Freestone and Leon County voters elect sheriff, other officials
Henderson and Leon County voters elected new sheriffs Tuesday night, while Freestone County voters re-elected theirs.
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Longtime constable Bennett wins fifth term
South Anderson County voters chose to return longtime precinct 1 constable Larry Bennett to office for a fifth term Tuesday.
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County sees good voter turnout
Almost 61 percent of Anderson County’s nearly 28,000 registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election, according to the county’s top election official.
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Lightfoot re-elected as Pct. 2 constable
Anderson County precinct 2 constable Doug Lightfoot won re-election to office Tuesday in the closest of the three county constable races.
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Taylor wins second term as sheriff
By his own admission, the first four years of Greg Taylor’s tenure as Anderson County sheriff “went by really fast.”
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Supporters at party headquarters react to election outcome
As television news anchors broadcast projections that one state after another went to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, local supporters cheered and shouted at Democratic Party headquarters Tuesday night.
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