Daily Dispatch 2/15/24: More PT Primary Endorsements As Early Voting Approaches, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Two more Democratic primary endorsements have been added to our list: Michelle Vallejo in the run for Congressional District 15, and Bill Burch for the Texas Railroad Commission: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas-endorsements-march-primaries Austin U.S. Rep. Greg Casar takes the lead on a new bill requiring Texas to connect our power grid to neighboring grids: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/democrats-introduce-bill-connect-texas-to-national-grids/287-ceba36b1-508a-4b2c-8f82-a090fbf1a63f ...While Texas continues to shatter renewable energy records: https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/14/texas-shatters-own-solar-power-record-weird-political-situation-or-not/ A huge court hearing today regarding Texas' new immigration law SB-4, and whether to allow it to take effect next month: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/us/texas-border-law-challenge-explainer.html ...While even our soldiers at the border see through Governor Abbott's cosplay: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-operation-lone-star-border-national-guard-soldiers_n_65c4f0dce4b093b2e782abd8 As over a million Texas kids from low income families are booted from Medicaid coverage, a massive backlog of benefits applications has built up: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-02-16/after-a-million-texas-kids-were-kicked-off-medicaid-thousands-more-are-still-in-limbo/ Republicans who held the line on school vouchers find themselves in the crosshairs of misinformation twisting their votes: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/2024/article/republicans-voucher-ads-18666959.php We celebrate Black History Month throughout February! Progress Texas has a full schedule of events to follow: ⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/celebrating-african-american-arts-and-artisans-black-history-month⁠ Progress Texas is seeking to add 29 new recurring donors during our February membership drive - we'd appreciate the support: ⁠https://progresstexas.org/donate