Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of San Antonio and South Texas was thankfully unharmed after carjackers stole his car at gunpoint in D.C. last night: https://apnews.com/article/congress-henry-cuellar-carjacking-capitol-texas-87eddb457f20ec614fbb473115480987

State Senator Juan Hinojosa writes an op-ed on why school vouchers would be bad for Texas: https://riograndeguardian.com/hinojosa-say-no-to-school-vouchers-in-texas/

House Speaker Dade Phelan is under increasing pressure to step down by prominent figures to his right: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2023/10/02/texas-house-speaker-dade-phelan-faces-mounting-pressure-following-ken-paxton-impeachment/?outputType=amp

Remarks by Governor Greg Abbott during a speech in New York City conjure images of "abortion enforcement" at Texas' state lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZzg_luniz4 (index to 35:57)

House Rep. Frederick Frazier of McKinney, under two felony indictments for over a year, may see yet another extension of his trial date due to the upcoming special session: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/02/frederick-frazier-texas-criminal-trial/

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a new trial for death row inmate Robert Roberson, convicted of killing his young daughter on the basis of debunked medical science and his autism: https://www.tpr.org/criminal-justice/2023-10-02/supreme-court-declines-to-stop-texas-from-executing-man-over-junk-science-conviction

...SCOTUS will also soon review Texas and Florida laws that seek to force social media platforms to support objectionable and false conservative content: https://www.wokv.com/news/local/florida-texas-social-media-censorship-laws-headed-us-supreme-court/4CJA7CKOCVETRJOVJRHJRCMNSM/

Rice University's President laments the reluctance of faculty recruits to move to Texas due to our oppressive political environment: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-02/texas-politics-are-making-it-harder-to-hire-professors-at-rice#xj4y7vzkg

Texas transplant Elon Musk has been sued for slandering a man on Twitter/X, by the same lawyer who successfully sued Alex Jones in the Sandy Hook case: https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2023-10-02/elon-musk-sued-for-slander-by-attorney-who-successfully-sued-alex-jones/

Progress Texas ED Kathleen Thompson will take part in a press conference today in Dallas supporting Prop. 14, which if passed would grant more funding to Texas state parks: https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Proposition_14,_Creation_of_the_Centennial_Parks_Conservation_Fund_Amendment_(2023)

And finally - FINALLY - hard science proves that Whataburger is quantifiably superior to In-N-Out Burger: https://www.mysanantonio.com/food/article/whataburger-innout-debate-18397650.php

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