Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst named his "select committee on redistricting" and put Amarillo Republican Kel Seliger in the chair. Seliger's region is expected to be among the hardest hit on the political maps because of low population growth.

Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. died Sunday after a long illness. He was 87.

Hillco Partners is suing two of its former employees — Brandon Aghamalian and Snapper Carr — for allegedly stealing clients when they moved to Focused Advocacy, another public affairs firm in the same building in downtown Austin.

Republican Rick Perry leads Democrat Bill White by nine percentage points — 44 percent to 35 percent — in the 2010 race for governor, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.

This a little awkward.

Republicans David Sibley and Brian Birdwell will meet in a runoff — date to be set by Gov. Rick Perry — for the open state Senate seat in Central Texas.

Texas Supreme Court Justice Harriet O'Neill, who isn't seeking reelection to the court, also isn't finishing her term. She told Gov. Rick Perry and the other members of the court today that she will step down from the bench on June 20.