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Low voter turnout expected
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On Monday, the eve of Election Day, Bexar County's elections chief gloomily predicted that fewer than one of every 20 registered voters will have cast ballots by the time polls close tonight. The early voting numbers, a strong indicator of overall turnout, were paltry. Countywide, some 18,500 residents voted early on the 11 proposed changes to the Texas Constitution, as well as for several municipal and school district bond elections. That's
the smallest number of early ballots cast countywide in the four amendment elections held this decade, said Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen. MORE
Index shows rise in commercial real estate values
The Dallas Morning News
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An index of commercial real estate sales values took a surprising higher turn in the third quarter. Prices of properties sold by institutional investors rose nationwide by more than 4 percent in the quarter, the MIT Center for Real Estate said.
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Effluent plan meets resistance downstream
The Austin American-Statesman
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Austin and a major water authority are lining up to oppose a request to allow discharging sewage effluent into the Highland Lakes. The city could join Travis County and the Lower Colorado River Authority in formally opposing a petition by the cities of Leander and Granite Shoals that asks the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to end restrictions on
discharging effluent into the Highland Lakes, which include Lake Travis.
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Comptroller Combs wants Texas tuition program refunds to include earnings
The Dallas Morning News
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Responding to a backlash from parents, state Comptroller Susan Combs said that she will seek to reverse a recent change in the state's prepaid college tuition plan that would have cost parents who canceled contracts thousands of dollars.
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Lawmakers tout Tier One Amendment
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Politex Blog
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Mindful of potential low turnout in Tuesday's constitutional amendments election, House Speaker Joe Straus and other lawmakers appealed to voters to support a proposed amendment
to create a network of top-tier universities in Texas.
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Stimulus saves or creates nearly 4,000 Texas education jobs
The Houston Chronicle
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The federal stimulus package has helped save or create nearly 4,000 education jobs in Texas over the last few months, says a government report. But Texas lags behind many other states in new or saved jobs, the report shows, partly because it has been slow to spend its $5 billion in education stimulus funds. So far, the state has doled out
less than 1 percent, or $29 million, to school districts.
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State Rep. Terri Hodge planning re-election bid as bribery trial looms
The Dallas Morning News
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Embattled state Rep. Terri Hodge,
whose federal bribery trial is scheduled just days after the March 2 Democratic primary, says her legal troubles won't deter her from running for an eighth term. The popular legislator faces a rare challenge from Dallas lawyer Eric Johnson.
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Texas docs endorse Perry
The Austin American-Statesman Postcards Blog
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The Texas Medical Association's political arm, TEXPAC, today announced its endorsement of Gov. Rick Perry's re-election campaign. The group selected Perry because of his "unwavering support and defense of
Texas' medical liability reforms and his efforts to protect the sacred patient-physician bond," said Dr. William Fleming III, president of the association.
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Thompson drops bid for governor,
endorses Gilbert
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Politex Blog
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Garland therapist Mark Thompson
dropped out of the governor's race today. Thompson said the Democratic field has become "too crowded" to make the statewide bid realistic. "There’s just too many people running," Thompson said. "Any time someone jumps in, they cut your percentages down."
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