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Five years ago, Texas voters adopted Proposition 12, the constitutional amendment ratifying the cap on noneconomic damages in lawsuits against doctors that the Texas Legislature established in House Bill 4.

Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday blasted the federal government as "inept" at solving the financial crisis and other national problems. He warned that "partisan bickering" imperils the national economy and threatens Texans' prosperity.

Gov. Rick Perry, saying violent gangs are "spreading like a virus" along the southern border, said Tuesday Texas lawmakers need to spend millions more to beef up law enforcement and fight international smugglers.

Power and water out for a week or more. Sewage spewing into homes and streets. Long lines for gas and supplies. A rising death count not just from a major catastrophe, but complications in its aftermath.

None of it sounds too rosy, but a week after a storm as big as Texas began its multibillion-dollar destructive path, smashing coastal cities and leaving millions without power and water in one of the nation's most populous cities, a number of independent disaster experts agree that things are going surprisingly well here.

To get a full view of the extensive damage to Galveston from Hurricane Ike, Gov. Rick Perry took an aerial tour of the area on Sunday, Sept. 14.

Economists such as former Texas Tech professor Arthur Laffer agree that when it comes to economic development in each of the 50 states in the Union, the 20th century belonged to California.

But the 21st century belongs to Texas, Laffer told a large audience Tuesday, which included Gov. Rick Perry and other state officials.

SAN ANGELO -- The Martifer Group, a Portugal-based global construction company, will build a $40 million wind-turbine tower manufacturing plant here, Gov. Rick Perry announced Monday.

The project brings the first significant influx of well-paying specialized manufacturing jobs to the Concho Valley in more than 20 years -- and recasts San Angelo as a regional hub for the burgeoning wind-energy industry.

Dallas-Fort Worth added the most jobs of any U.S. metropolitan area during the 12 months ending in July, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Another Texas city, Houston, came in second. Dallas also edged out Houston in percentage growth.

"Houston had actually led Dallas since August 2005 through June of this year," said Cheryl Abbot, a Labor Department economist in Dallas. "Now they're both growing at about the same rate."

Midland ISD teachers at five campuses who have made the “extra effort” to help kids achieve in the classroom were honored by Gov. Rick Perry with nearly $1.4 million in incentives Tuesday.

Texas first lady Anita Perry touted the importance of quality nursing education at a ceremony recently announcing the naming of the Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.