Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that federal guidance does not compel doctors in Texas to provide abortion care, even if that care is the best treatment for a problematic pregnancy: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/us/texas-emergency-abortion-ban-appeal.html

...While the Biden administration asks the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a 5th Circuit decision stopping federal border agents from removing razor wire placed on the border by Operation Lone Star: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-asks-us-supreme-court-intervene-texas-border-row-2024-01-02/

...And New York City officials mull sending the NYPD to intercept buses of migrants sent from Texas to clandestine dropoff locations in New Jersey: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/n-y-n-j-working-together-to-thwart-bus-operators-trying-to-circumvent-nycs-rules-on-asylum-seekers/

San Antonio school districts are preparing to go deep in to deficits in order to provide teacher and staff pay raises: https://www.kens5.com/article/news/education/texas-teacher-raises-legislature-school-districts-san-antonio/273-c660013b-28ce-4166-b508-bd055bf888db

...While San Antonio scores Gold Medal City status from CityHealth rankings: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/01/02/san-antonio-only-gold-medal-city-in-texas-according-to-cityhealths-rankings-of-public-health-policy/

Dallas honors former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a major political force in North Texas and an iconic groundbreaker for both women and Black Texans, who passed away on New Year's Eve: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/12/31/eddie-bernice-johnson-who-broke-barriers-represented-dallas-in-long-house-career-dies/

Supporters of Texas secession are threatening to sue the state GOP following the rejection of a ballot item petition: https://www.expressnews.com/news/texas/article/texit-activists-threaten-lawsuit-against-state-gop-18577064.php

Governor Abbott is taking heat over the lackluster results of his supposed "largest property tax cut in history": https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-faces-rebellion-over-texas-property-taxes-1857033

Calls rise for Ted Cruz to be banned from key championship sporting events as his apparent curse helps doom the Texas Longhorns to defeat in the College Football Playoff: https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-banned-texas-sports-games-curse-longhorns-1857011

A Texas bishop takes the New York Times to task for a horrifying misunderstanding of "taco sauce": https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/01/02/texas-episcopal-bishop-schools-the-new-york-times-taco-sauce-is-not-tex-mex/3

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