Valerie Corte was sworn in as a Temporary Acting Representative for HD-122, subbing for her spouse, Rep. Frank Corte, R-San Antonio, who's on active military duty in Okinawa. He's due to return in mid-July, but the special session is supposed to be over by then.
Juan Garcia, a Farm Service Agency staffer who's originally from Willacy County, is the new Texas state director for that program, which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Obama Administration tapped another Texan, Francisco Valentin Jr., as Texas state director for rural development at the USDA. He's been with the federal government since 1979.
Gov. Rick Perry appointed Wayne Roberts of Austin and Scott Smith of Cedar Park and reappointed Paul Braden of Dallas to the State Pension Review Board. Roberts now works at the UT Health Science Center in Houston and used to be on Perry's policy staff. Smith is vice president of investments for Wells Fargo Advisors. Braden is a partner at Fulbright and Jaworski.
Hitched: Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Tricia Hamilton Bivins in a private ceremony in Houston. It's the second marriage for each of them; she is the ex-wife of former state Sen. Teel Bivins, R-Amarillo.
