Top Reads, Feb. 10

As the Texas Tribune notes, State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, has lashed out at Attorney General Greg Abbott on his “third-world country” remark associated with McAllen, something which The Monitor in McAllen has decried. Abbott is expected to make his rebuttal in that paper on Tuesday.

University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa is stepping down from his chancellorship. The Statesman reported the news Sunday evening and The Texas Tribune has posted an letter that Cigarroa sent out.
Cigarroa will be leaving the scene of a tumultuous board of regents and heading to the The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio as head of Pediatric Transplant Surgery.

David Rauf in the Houston Chronicle reports that A well-funded PAC is targeting allies of House Speaker Rep. Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, in the primaries, including Reps. Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, and Byron Cook, R-Corsicana.