President Barack Obama spent two days in Texas but didn't visit the border despite pointed calls from Republicans (and at least one Democrat) to do so. Instead, he had a brief meeting with Gov. Rick Perry in Dallas on border issues and took part in a roundtable discussion on the topic.

Obama's visit also became a point of discussion in the governor's race, with Democrat Wendy Davis pushing again for Obama to visit the border and Republican Greg Abbott urging Obama to look to Texas for tips on how to get the economy moving again.

The price tag for caring for the unaccompanied minors streaming across the border will cost the city of McAllen and nearby jurisdictions more than $1.1 million this year. McAllen's mayor said he was confident the feds would eventually pick up the tab. A $3.7 billion proposal to send emergency funding to the border is before Congress right now.

Bill Powers submitted his resignation as president of University of Texas at Austin, but he won't be cleaning out his desk anytime soon. He leaves in June. University system Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa had issued an ultimatum — resign or be fired.

Nearly four years after BP awarded Gov. Rick Perry's office $5 million for recovery projects in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, most of the money remains unspent. Now, the company is asking Texas for its money back.

More than 20 years after the Texas Legislature passed a law establishing a 24-hour work safety hotline, real people are answering the telephone calls around the clock.

Travis County has embarked on a project to develop its own voting machine technology. The move is a break from the common practice of buying machines from an outside vendor. Created around open-source technology, the new system would also generate a paper receipt for voters to confirm their vote afterward.

Texas-based payday lender ACE Cash Express has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that it used illegal tactics to push borrowers into a cycle of debt.

The former Burleson district attorney who sent Anthony Graves to death row in 1994 will now face a formal hearing on allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.

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