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Guest Pod: Progress Texas Daily Dispatch, August 23 2023
Manage episode 375038765 series 2984297
We continue through August hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas! The Progress Texas Podcasts feed will be its permanent home, so if you're enjoying, take a moment and subscribe there.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas journalists seeking access to an encrypted e-mail account owned by Attorney General Ken Paxton are denied by his office, claiming "attorney-client privilege": https://twitter.com/lmcgaughy/status/1694031900988317710?t=w1jWJMjxUIoAEmVUHthoQA&s=03
A federal judge in Austin rejects Governor Abbott's claims of an "invasion" at the border with Mexico: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/08/22/federal-judge-rejects-texas-migrant-invasion-defense-in-doj-lawsuit-over-border-buoys/
...While the Texas Supreme Court rules that a state law abolishing Harris County's elections administrator will be allowed to take effect on Sept. 1: https://abc13.com/senate-bill-1750-harris-county-politics-houston-elections-area-politicians/13685768/
Prager U CEO and wackjob Texas State Board of Education member announce that Texas has approved the use of right-wing propaganda in Texas public school classrooms: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/prageru-among-educational-lesson-plans-allowed-in-texas-schools-under-new-law/
...While TEA and SBOE scratch heads in confusion, claiming no such approval has been granted: https://abc13.com/prageru-kids-slavery-video-educational-videos-for-controversial-material-texas-education/13687315/ A Lewisville ISD backtracks on policy after harshly punishing an 8th grader for talking to friends about fears of a shooting threat: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/08/10/student-discipline-oversight-bolstered-in-lewisville-isd-after-teens-punishment/
...While Houston ISD's new state-appointed superintendent backtracks on cutting recess for elementary school kids: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/hisd-s-mike-miles-increases-recess-nes-schools-18310918.php
The Texas power grid gets a mixed report card from a state watchdog: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/ercot/2023/08/18/459988/texas-power-grid-has-held-up-well-for-summer-but-still-inefficient-energy-experts-say/
And, an important read on Texas' new "Death Star" law, set to take effect next Friday, and what it means for our city governments: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/greg-abbott-texas-attacks-austin-with-death-star.html
Thanks for listening, and for supporting Progress Texas! Join the fun at https://progresstexas.org/.
362 эпизодов
Manage episode 375038765 series 2984297
We continue through August hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas! The Progress Texas Podcasts feed will be its permanent home, so if you're enjoying, take a moment and subscribe there.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas journalists seeking access to an encrypted e-mail account owned by Attorney General Ken Paxton are denied by his office, claiming "attorney-client privilege": https://twitter.com/lmcgaughy/status/1694031900988317710?t=w1jWJMjxUIoAEmVUHthoQA&s=03
A federal judge in Austin rejects Governor Abbott's claims of an "invasion" at the border with Mexico: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/08/22/federal-judge-rejects-texas-migrant-invasion-defense-in-doj-lawsuit-over-border-buoys/
...While the Texas Supreme Court rules that a state law abolishing Harris County's elections administrator will be allowed to take effect on Sept. 1: https://abc13.com/senate-bill-1750-harris-county-politics-houston-elections-area-politicians/13685768/
Prager U CEO and wackjob Texas State Board of Education member announce that Texas has approved the use of right-wing propaganda in Texas public school classrooms: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/prageru-among-educational-lesson-plans-allowed-in-texas-schools-under-new-law/
...While TEA and SBOE scratch heads in confusion, claiming no such approval has been granted: https://abc13.com/prageru-kids-slavery-video-educational-videos-for-controversial-material-texas-education/13687315/ A Lewisville ISD backtracks on policy after harshly punishing an 8th grader for talking to friends about fears of a shooting threat: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/08/10/student-discipline-oversight-bolstered-in-lewisville-isd-after-teens-punishment/
...While Houston ISD's new state-appointed superintendent backtracks on cutting recess for elementary school kids: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/hisd-s-mike-miles-increases-recess-nes-schools-18310918.php
The Texas power grid gets a mixed report card from a state watchdog: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/ercot/2023/08/18/459988/texas-power-grid-has-held-up-well-for-summer-but-still-inefficient-energy-experts-say/
And, an important read on Texas' new "Death Star" law, set to take effect next Friday, and what it means for our city governments: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/greg-abbott-texas-attacks-austin-with-death-star.html
Thanks for listening, and for supporting Progress Texas! Join the fun at https://progresstexas.org/.
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