Daily Dispatch 11/29/23: Zurawski Case Reverberates, Abbott Switches Gears on Vouchers, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Much discussion of yesterday's Texas Supreme Court hearing of the Zurawksi vs. State Of Texas case: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2023/11/29/texas-supreme-court-hears-case-challenging-texas-abortion-bans-health-risks-pregnancy-women/71727577007/ ...Amanda Zurawski appeared after the hearing on MSNBC's The Reid Out show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRZM63wun-Y Governor Abbott, in lieu of announcing a fifth special session, has begun endorsing pro-voucher primary challengers to sitting Republican House members who voted against vouchers: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/28/new-article-greg-abbott-school-vouchers-hugh-shine-endorse/ The international bridge at Eagle Pass has been closed to incoming traffic from Mexico until further notice: https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bridge-in-eagle-pass-shutting-down-to-vehicles-border-patrol-eagle-pass-mexico-texas-immigration-migrants-illegal-undocumented/273-405e5169-bf7d-4351-8f52-640765a5612d A new twist in the Galveston voting maps case could threaten the Voting Rights Act: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/28/galveston-texas-voter-map-case-appeals-court Four "emerging" Texas public universities stand to improve their national standing with new voter-approved state funding: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/state-policy/2023/11/27/game-changer-research-ranking-texas-universities ...While a "red state brain drain" is well underway: https://newrepublic.com/article/176854/republican-red-states-brain-drain Battery operators, seen as a possible solution to Texas power grid woes, are facing difficulties of ERCOT's creation: https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/texas-battery-operators-worry-new-ercot-regs-18517667.php Legendary Texas progressive Jim Hightower talks about the history of progress in the Lone Star State in a new episode of the Marc Steiner podcast: https://youtu.be/TmBI9HpEolY?si=nXtfln-3ZKxSWzAo Thanks for listening! Grab your tickets for our upcoming Austin and Dallas holiday parties now - https://progresstexas.org/.