FDA's ability to safeguard food supply faulted in pair of reports

D.C. bureau's Dave Michaels:

WASHINGTON – More than 56 percent of domestic food manufacturers have gone five or more years without a federal inspection, and regulators can inspect only a small fraction of the foreign firms that ship food to the U.S.
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Regulators get tough as Texas' clout wanes in Washington

Hoppe reports:

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry certainly has taken his shots at Washington officials, labeling them power-grabbing, free-spending socialists. And now he says the feds are firing back.

The state lost the $2.6 billion contract for producing Army trucks. The Johnson Space Center is facing the cancellation of a $108 billion moon launch program. The Environmental Protection Agency is breathing down the state's smoggy neck, as are other federal regulators.
Staff writer Tom Benning contributed from Washington.
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Obama's school initiatives face opposition in Texas

Michael Birnbaum from The Washington Post reports:

MADISONVILLE, Texas – As vendors sold yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flags nearby, Texas State Board of Education member Don McLeroy assured a gathering of Tea Party activists one recent evening that President Barack Obama was going to keep his hands off the schools in the Lone Star State.

U.S. announces Texas roundup of 300 immigrants with criminal records

DMN's Dianne Solis reports on Federal sweep in Texas:

Nearly 300 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions were arrested this week in Texas, federal immigration officials and prosecutors said today.