Watchdog Daily

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• Valero tells the tax man what’s what, awarded $5 million in overpaid taxes
• Pension finances, local government debt targeted in Texas transparency bills
• Pensions of former Texas lawmakers can be kept secret: Judge
• Dazzled by promise of rail, Austin leaders still need to persuade public
• President’s jobs council disbands; economist: ‘I didn’t even remember we had one’
• Surplus refunded to taxpayers under Gov. Rick Perry’s plan in Texas ‘affordable’
• Crystal ball says click here for salamander protection costs
• Lawmaker promises less raiding of state’s dedicated funds – like those for utility bills of poor
• Texas courthouses named to preservationists’ ‘most endangered’ list, $247 million spent to date on courthouse program