Daily Dispatch 10/7/24: Voter Registration Deadline TODAY, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: TODAY is the last day to register and to confirm your existing registration for the November election! All you need for that at https://govotetexas.org/. A Travis County judge has blocked a Texas Health And Human Services plan that would have disrupted the care of almost two million low-income Texans: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/10/04/texas-judge-halts-116-billion-medicaid-proposal-that-could-affect-18-million/ Ted Cruz, after decades of active anti-choice activism, suddenly has nothing to say about reproductive freedom: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/07/ted-cruz-texas-abortion-colin-allred/ ...While longtime Republican and former Tarrant County judge Glenn Whitley pledges his vote to Colin Allred: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article293541534.html A Flower Mound bakery is undeterred by MAGA threats over their Tim Walz cookies: https://www.chron.com/food/article/hive-bakery-cookies-death-threats-19816407.php ...Order up some goodies here: https://www.hivebakerytx.com/ That early-morning Blue Alert that woke up millions of Texans hundreds of miles from a Panhandle police shooting on Friday was sent outside of normal DPS policy: https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2024-10-07/millions-of-texans-woke-up-to-a-blue-alert-dps-didnt-appear-to-follow-its-own-guidelines ...Thousands of Texans have filed complaints with the FCC: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/blue-alert-texas-fcc-complaints-19817724.php ...The police officer who was shot is stable, and the suspect remains on the run: https://www.newschannel10.com/2024/10/07/search-man-wanted-memphis-police-chief-shooting-continues/ See Progress Texas' guide to fun events happening across the state during National Hispanic Heritage Month, which continues through October 15: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/celebrating-texas-culture-national-hispanic-heritage-month⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...Please pitch in to help fund our recent expansion of that important voting resource with Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese translation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/coming-soon-govotetexasorg-adds-commonly-spoken-languages-increase-ballot-access⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.