Daily Dispatch 3/1/24: Biden In Brownsville, SB-4 Blocked, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Upwards of 1.2 million Texans have voted so far in the primary, with only today and Super Tuesday remaining: https://www.kxan.com/news/your-local-election-hq/march-2024-turnout-tracker/ New polling from UT Tyler shows Ted Cruz and Colin Allred tied at 41%: https://t.co/4LBcQuPneA President Biden spoke in Brownsville yesterday: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/03/01/san-antonio-mayor-ron-nirenberg-joins-president-biden-other-south-texas-mayors-in-brownsville/ Donald Trump's simultaneous event in Eagle Pass, meanwhile, may have seen a violation of military uniform code: https://x.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1763351232574296525?t=jhQRSFzH2g9SMCxd6IXdoQ&s=03 ...Trump says Governor Abbott is on his "short list" of VP candidates: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/29/greg-abbott-donald-trump-vice-president/ ...While a Trump win will mean billions in losses for Texas: https://www.newsweek.com/texas-will-lose-billions-investment-donald-trump-elected-2024-1874806 ...As the Governor muses on building a wall around "Liberal Austin": https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-discusses-building-border-wall-around-liberal-austin-1874711 A federal judge blocks Tuesday's implementation of SB-4, but the state immediately appeals to the 5th Circuit: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/federal-judge-issues-preliminary-injunction-on-senate-bill-4 Amanda Zurawski is honored by USA Today: https://www.statesman.com/picture-gallery/news/2024/02/29/amanda-zurawski-usa-today-texas-women-of-the-year/72165054007/ ...As Starr County's DA is penalized by the State Bar of Texas for allowing a murder charge to be filed against a woman for a self-managed abortion: https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-prosecutor-fined-allowing-murder-220351899.html That massive wildfire - the biggest in state history - is looking likely to keep growing over the weekend: https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-panhandle-wildfires-weather-forecast/story?id=107667285 Ken Paxton is suing the State Fair of Texas and two Dallas-area live music venues for refusing to allow off-duty cops inside with their guns: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-state-fair-factory-deep-ellum-texas-trust-cu-theatre-grand-prairie/287-65b07f32-49a1-48ca-92e9-5511c9038ba2 ...While a trove of insider details on the Paxton impeachment is dumped by the Texas Senate: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/28/ken-paxton-impeachment-witness-testimony/ Charles Butt of H.E.B. fame is donating heavily to seven of the anti-voucher lawmakers being targeted by Governor Abbott: https://www.chron.com/culture/article/heb-school-voucher-pac-18696002.php Saturday is Texas Independence Day! Learn the REAL story of the Texas Revolution with the terrific book Forget The Alamo: https://a.co/d/f0CkIcS And, today is the first day of Women's History Month: https://progresstexas.org/blog/trailblazing-texan-women Early giving is underway for this year's Amplify Austin fundraising push: https://www.amplifyatx.org/organizations/progress-texas-institute Thanks for listening! Hit our web store and other ways to support our work at https://progresstexas.org/.