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Podcast: Progress Texas Podcasts
Episode: Daily Dispatch 11/7/23: Let's Vote People! And More
Description: Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Voter turnout is up for this off-cycle election in North Texas: https://www.keranews.org/government/2023-11-06/early-voting-doubled-in-north-texas-for-this-years-constitutional-amendment-election-heres-why
...But across the state, it's pretty typically dismal: https://www.kxan.com/news/your-local-election-hq/why-texas-constitutional-amendment-elections-historically-have-low-voter-turnout/
...Which reminds us to remind you to VOTE NO on Prop 7: https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2023-11-06/proposition-7-would-provide-billions-in-incentives-for-new-power-plants-in-texas
Meanwhile the third special session of the Legislature ends today: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/11/06/school-choice-could-head-to-fourth-session-deal-unclear/71442827007/
Katy ISD's policy requiring the outing of transgender...