4 Strictly business.

• Position: Stateline - Official state business trips financing law in Texas - Brief article

A Texas bill would make state elected leaders pay their own way when they campaign for another office. Under legislation by Representative Lyle Larson (R), elected officials would be required to reimburse the state for out-of-state travel costs that aren't related to official state business. Larson filed the measure after learning Texas paid about $1 million a year to transport, feed and house former Governor Rick Perry's security detail from the time Perry began running for...