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Daily Dispatch 11/16/23: Abortion Lawsuit Grows To 20 Plaintiffs, and More


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Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Six more plaintiffs have joined the lawsuit, spearheaded by Amanda Zurawski, over Texas abortion laws that led to life-threatening medical situations for them: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/15/1213188342/20-women-sue-texas-over-abortion-laws

Officials in Mexico push back against new, unconstitutional immigration legislation in Texas: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/mexico-deportation-law-18494150.php

...One Houston immigration attorney thinks SB4 is entirely unworkable in reality: https://news.yahoo.com/houston-area-officials-texas-bill-025800209.html

Enormous amounts of public school funding are a bait-and-switch for vouchers: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/11/16/house-education-chief-tries-to-pass-texas-school-choice-bill-with-shrinking-wad-of-cash/

Donald Trump will be in Texas this weekend, and Governor Abbott is expected to endorse Trump's run for re-election: https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/politics/abbott-expected-endorse-donald-trump/index.html

A convention of Texas secessionists envisions an independent Nation of Texas with "no liberals or poor people": https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/15/texas-secession-texit/

Officials at UT Austin are hurriedly dismantling any trace of DEI in advance of a new law taking effect January 1: https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/university-of-texas/ut-austin-dei-law-changes/269-57d6e995-c80b-46a7-b5fb-5dcb11f96579#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17001257422314&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kvue.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Funiversity-of-texas%2Fut-austin-dei-law-changes%2F269-57d6e995-c80b-46a7-b5fb-5dcb11f96579

...While a federal judge expresses skepticism about motivations behind a Texas ban of the use of TikTok on state college campuses: https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/tiktok-ban-texas-universities-federal-lawsuit-18495277.php

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro wants a federal investigation over the Warner Bros. shelving of Coyote Vs. Acme: https://thehill.com/business/4309998-joaquin-castro-federal-probe-warner-bros/

Elon Musk's SpaceX has been cleared by the FAA to launch its Starship rocket from Boca Chica Friday morning at 7am: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/space/article/spacex-federal-approval-second-starship-launch-18490997.php

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