New in The Texas Tribune:

• Hot Seat: Estes, Crownover on Not Backing Ron Paul : “At Monday's Hot Seat conversation in Denton, state Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, and state Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Lake Dallas, talked about their unwillingness to support a certain Texas congressman in 2012.”

• Hard Times Claim Storied Press Outpost in Austin: “The last Austin bureau chief, Dave Montgomery — Davey Joe to his friends — is expected to take a buyout this month and will probably end up freelancing, perhaps for the Star-Telegram. It’s hard to imagine the Austin press corps without Dave, who has spent 46 ...

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