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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett was the keynote speaker at the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. Click link to hear Cornett’s comments on WTAW’s Scott Delucia:

AUSTIN (AP) _ The newly harmonious Texas House is trying to avoid the nastiness that roiled the chamber two years ago. The chamber is debating new operating rules, including a provision to institute guidelines over [Read More…]

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ Defense attorneys for 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyer’s mother will continue arguing today before jurors that a discipline session to teach the child good behaviors spun out of control. Attorneys for Kimberly [Read More…]

AUSTIN (AP) _ Texas First Lady Anita Perry on Wednesday joined the Independent Bankers Association to launch a fund-raising drive to restore the burned Governor’s Mansion. So far no arrests in last June’s fire that [Read More…]

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ Texas executed a former Houston security guard for gunning down four people, including his ex-girlfriend and her two small children, during a 1996 shooting frenzy. Virgil Martinez, 41, was pronounced dead [Read More…]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison asked Congress Wednesday to give border-area police tens of millions of dollars to fight drug cartel-related crime. The Texan also wants the money to be [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ More than 15,000 employees of the Houston Independent School District are sharing in a record distribution of $31.4 million in performance bonuses for helping boost student test scores last year. The payout [Read More…]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ American Airlines is limiting the number of passengers on some jets while it orders more life rafts in case of a water landing. Fort Worth-based American says it will allow [Read More…]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger says the city should plant 250,000 trees and adopt environmentally stricter building codes as part of a sweeping new sustainable-energy plan. In his final State of [Read More…]