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Newsreel: Perry on Immigration, New LCRA Leader, VDP for Lite Guv

This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Gov. Rick Perry says the Mexican energy industry may solve America's immigration problems, the LCRA gets a new leader and state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte signals she's running for lieutenant governor.

By Justin DehnNov. 23, 2013, 12:00 p.m. CentralUpdated Nov. 23, 2013, 12:00 p.m. Central

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Newsreel: Perry on Immigration, New LCRA Leader, VDP for Lite Guv

by Justin Dehn, The Texas Tribune
November 23, 2013

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<p><span>This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Gov.&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a><span>&nbsp;says the Mexican energy industry may solve America's immigration problems, the LCRA has a new leader and state Sen.&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.texastribune.org/directory/leticia-van-de-putte/">Leticia Van de Putte</a><span>&nbsp;signals she's running for lieutenant governor.</span></p>
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Justin Dehn, The Texas Tribune
November 23, 2013

This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Gov. Rick Perry says the Mexican energy industry may solve America's immigration problems, the LCRA has a new leader and state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte signals she's running for lieutenant governor.

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