Some random items about Texas government:
- Ross Ramsey looks at down ballot races in the upcoming Texas Primary and wonders what will impact results in these low information races. People know little about presidential candidates, even less about state and local ones.
- The Texas Tribune reports that the Trump campaign lost one Texas state campaign director, but quickly got another. Here's Trump's press release announcing the change.
- A grand jury is investigating a land deal involving the Texas Attorney General. He's already being investigated for possible securities fraud.
- Ex-Governor Rick Perry has been hired to help a Florida dental insurance company obtain business through the state's Medicaid program. Reports show that the company had donated money to previous campaigns and one of the officers in the company had been appointed by Perry to head the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
