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AUSTIN – Governor Abbott appointed Lawrence “Larry” Coben, Ph.D. and Bruce Niemeyer to the Texas Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors for terms to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. The Corporation is the private side of a public-private partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism tasked with marketing Texas, domestically and globally, as the best state for business.

The Department of Justice announced the results of Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track, and arrest child sex predators. The operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders in the nationwide crackdown. The coordinated effort was executed over the course of five days by all 55 FBI field offices, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Department’s Criminal Division, and United States attorney’s offices around the country.

TEMPLE — José Dodier of Zapata, Scott Buckles of Stratford and Barry Mahler of Iowa Park were re-elected May 6, to serve a successive two-year term on the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB).

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