Archive of Texas on Tuesday October 27, 2009
TX: State suing to shut plants while fatal incidents probed
By Matthew Tresaugu, The Houston Chronicle
Texas' attorney general has filed suit to temporarily close two affiliated industrial waste facilities in south Houston and Port Arthur until dozens of operational changes are made.
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TX: Gov. Perry promotes Texas in the Big Apple
By Corrie MacLaggan, The Austin American-Statesman
The governor spoke at the NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony, where he said that Texas is about more than boots, hats and barbecue.
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TX: What the Willingham case is really about
By Editorial Board, The Dallas Morning News
The ex-wife of Cameron Todd Willingham now alleges that he confessed to murdering their three children in her last death row meeting with him, shortly before his 2004 execution. At last, the truth comes out in the high-profile case of a questionable arson-murder conviction. Right?
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TX: Rep. Terri Hodge to be tried in Dallas City Hall corruption case days after March primary
By Gromer Jeffers Jr., The Dallas Morning News
Rep. Terri Hodge's trial on public corruption charges has been scheduled to begin March 8, just days after the Democratic primary in which Hodge will attempt to retain her statehouse seat.
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TX: Former ambassador, state senator dies at home in Amarillo
By W. Gardner Selby, The Austin American-Statesman
Teel Bivins, a Panhandle cattleman, businessman and former state senator whose loyalty to George W. Bush led to his appointment as the U.S. ambassador to Sweden, died Monday at his Amarillo home, a family spokeswoman said.
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