Perry hands out commemorative Texas quarters in Austin
Gov Perry gave away 1000 Texas state quarters at the Bob Bullock History Museum to school children. The coins, designed by Daniel Miller, celebrate Texas as the 28th state in the Mint 50 state series. The coins were donated by a bank and will be sold for 10 weeks. No date given for a possible school finance special session. Texas houses the nation’s largest prison population with 164,222 inmates under the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Rick Perry
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Texas State History Museum
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U.S. Mint
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Texas Prison Population and West Nile Warning Mix
The article notes 2.1 million Americans behind bars nationwide, about 1 in 140, with Texas reporting eight counties with West Nile in spring but no human cases yet. It mentions 439 human cases and 38 deaths last year, adds job details for TPWD game wardens, and recounts a Travis County warden handling a pregnant deer in a Southwest Austin grocery store.
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Texas
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Brazoria
Fort Bend
la Salle
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Montgomery Counties
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Lubbock
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TPWD
Travis County
Austin
New governance explored for rural border region growth
A guest column from Sierra Vista Arizona argues that SEAGO led talks between US and Mexican communities point to new governance. It highlights drought unemployment housing and immigration as shared concerns while praising regional assets like San Pedro Riparian area Cochise College Fort Huachuca and cross border collaboration. It urges building home grown industries and inclusive decision making with a regional branding push to attract tourists and investment.
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Arizona
Sonora
Desert
U.S
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
Cochise
Southeastern Arizona Governments Organization
SEAGO
Guillermo Verdugo
Cananea
France
Bordeaux
Provence
Italy
Joe Brannan
Understanding crop insurance rules and options in 2004
Scattered spring storms bring crop losses and insurance questions as producers navigate 2004 rules for non emerged seed and appraisals. A new double insurance provision allows choices to insure a second crop or decline second crop payments to preserve first crop indemnity.
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Shawn Wade
RMA
Plains Cotton Growers
National Cotton Council
Risk Management Agency
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