Daily Dispatch 5/24/24: Memorial Heat Wave Presents Early ERCOT Test, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Texas will see 100-degree temps over the Memorial Day weekend - ERCOT says they're ready: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/texas-power-demand-break-may-record-heat-wave-friday-2024-05-23/ ...Should the AC stay on, get ready to pay up - Texas power costs are through the roof: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/texas-electricity-bill-help/ Is Ken Paxton under Federal investigation? Nobody seems to know, or is willing to pipe up: https://www.kut.org/2024-05-23/donald-trump-fbi-investigation-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-grand-jury A lawsuit filed by the family of Darryl George, the Barbers Hill ISD student now relegated to in-school suspension for an entire school year over his hairstyle, is now in the hands of a Galveston federal judge: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/fate-lawsuit-filed-texas-student-darryl-george-hairstyle-hands-federal-rcna153835 Governor Abbott's pardoning of Daniel Perry is a green light for extremists to target opponents of white supremacy: https://prospect.org/justice/2024-05-21-governor-texas-white-supremacist-violence-daniel-perry/ Today is the last day of early voting in the primary runoff! Get it done: https://govotetexas.org/ Progress Texas could use your help in funding our trip to June's Texas Democratic Convention in El Paso - thanks in advance! https://progresstexas.org/donate Progress Texas invites progressive candidates to share their views with us - which we'll then share with our statewide audience - via our Certified Progressive questionnaire: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas-certified-progressives-2024-progressive-values-questionnaire Instagram users: be sure to enable political content on that platform, which has begun opting users out: https://x.com/ProgressTX/status/1771276124498100667?s=20 Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org/.