Daily Dispatch 11/9/23: Fourth Special Session Frays Lawmaker Nerves, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The fourth special session this year is stretching the patience of Texas lawmakers to the brink: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/08/texas-legislature-fourth-special-session/ Voter turnout was strong for an off-year election: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/newsreleases/2023/110823.shtml ...Especially in North Texas: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2023/11/09/score-one-for-democracy-voter-turnout-in-north-texas-jumped/ ...And what happens next with Prop 7? https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2023-11-08/texans-approved-billions-in-spending-on-power-plants-what-comes-next ...While two key Texas energy sector players announce their exits: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/2023/11/08/two-top-texas-electric-grid-regulators-are-resigning-at-a-critical-time/ ...And even on a mild fall day, ERCOT worries about tight power supply: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/ercot-tight-grid-conditions-november-18478017.php ...And Texas petroleum producers are emitting huge amounts of methane: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/08/texas-methane-oil-and-gas-study-climate An immigration enforcement-related high speed chase results in 8 deaths southwest of San Antonio: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/08/south-texas-highway-crash-migrants-smuggler-eight-dead Sherman ISD's gender-strict theater policy is now affecting dozens of students: https://www.kxii.com/2023/11/08/more-students-lose-theater-roles-sherman-isd-gender-rule/ Tickets are on sale now for Progress Texas' Holiday Parties in Austin on December 1 (https://act.progresstexas.org/a/holidayparty23austin) and Dallas on December 6 (https://act.progresstexas.org/a/holidayparty23dallas) - come see us! Thanks for listening! Please consider making a donation to help us continue our important work: https://progresstexas.org/donate.