More than two and a half years after President Obama took office, the U.S. Senate confirmed four U.S. attorneys for Texas. Robert Pitman of Austin will be the chief federal prosecutor for the Western District, which also includes San Antonio, El Paso, Del Rio and Midland. Kenneth Magidson got the Southern District, including Houston, Laredo, Corpus Christi and Laredo. Sarah Saldana got the Northern District, with Fort Worth and Dallas. And Malcolm Bales, who's been the interim in the Eastern District, now gets to drop "interim" from his title. Pitman is the state's first gay U.S. Attorney; Saldana is the first Latina. The four were appointed in June.

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has been named the senior fellow for Latin America at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

Zachry Holdings hired A.J. Rodriguez, San Antonio's former deputy city manager, to run public policy and government relations there. He's been the head of the city's Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the city's first economic development corporation.

David Prior, the executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Texas for the last four years, is stepping down when a successor has been found. He was at Texas A&M before coming to the UT System in 2007.

Matthew Miller, who was the chief spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice, is joining Austin-based Vianovo as a partner in the consulting firm's Washington office. Before DOJ, he worked in both the House and the Senate, and on John Kerry's presidential campaign in 2004.

Gov. Rick Perry's latest appointments include:

Ann McClure of El Paso chief justice, and appointed Christopher Antcliff of El Paso as a justice of the Eighth Court of Appeals. McClure is a current justice of the Eighth Court of Appeals. Antcliff is former judge of the 448th and 168th Judicial District courts in El Paso County.

Cynthia Tauss Delgado of League City to the Texas Lottery Commission. Delgado is president of Cyndel Industries.

William F. Scott of Nederland to the Texas State University System Board of Regents. Scott is chairman and CEO of Trans-Global Solutions.

Susan Burton of Addison and Larry Patton of El Paso to the Finance Commission of Texas. Burton is a consultant and owner of Susan Burton Consulting. Patton is president and CEO of Bank of the West.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven C. McCraw made Gary Albus the Regional Commander for DPS Region 6. Albus had most recently served as Texas Highway Patrol Major in Lubbock since 2010. And he named Carey Matthews as the Regional Commander for DPS Region 4. Matthews began his career with DPS in 1988.