Texas state officials announced Tuesday that plans for the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor have been canceled. 
The superhighway would have been a mile wide toll-road, with profits going to a private company in Spain. 
“The days of the Trans-Texas Corridor are over, it’s finished up,” said Texas Governor Rick Perry, who promoted the highway which has been associated [...]

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson announced Sunday that he will be withdrawing his nomination to be Commerce Secretary under President-elect Barack Obama due to a grand jury investigation regarding how some of his political donors received a profitable state contract.
The withdrawal was the first major disruption of Obama’s Cabinet selection process, and the second “pay [...]