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New lottery game may aid Texas veterans

A bill sponsored by Rep. Chris Turner, D-Burleson, was approved unanimously by the House Committee on Licensing and Administration on Wednesday. A companion bill sponsored by Sens. Chris Harris, R-Arlington, and Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, is pending in the Senate.

Texas lawmakers give Burleson rookie the business in the House

AUSTIN — There were barbed wisecracks about his culinary habits, his Dallas roots and his adeptness as a political tactician, but in the end, freshman Rep. Chris Turner of Burleson got the result he wanted as colleagues gave him his first victory on the House floor.