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AUSTIN — Scandal-plagued Speaker Dennis Bonnen on Friday chose Tarrant County GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione as the House’s top budget writer. With top state offices dominated by Houston Republicans, business and education leaders from North Texas were expected to cheer Bonnen’s selection of Capriglione as chairman of the influential House Appropriations Committee. That’s true even though the four-term Southlake lawmaker …

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