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Daily Dispatch 2/27/24: Major Houston Paper Endorses Biden LNG Call, and More


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Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Primary early voting turnout continues to trickle, with Republican turnout still doubling that of Texas Democrats:

https://www.kxan.com/news/your-local-election-hq/march-2024-turnout-tracker/

...Republicans are voting for or against notorious anti-abortion activist judge John Devine of the Texas Supreme Court: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/27/john-devine-texas-supreme-court-conservatives/

President Biden and Donald Trump will stage competing Texas border appearances on Thursday: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/26/donald-trump-joe-biden-texas-border-eagle-pass/

...While the border fiasco can largely be attributed to Governor Greg Abbott's ego and ambition: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/human-toll-greg-abbott-border-war-eagle-pass-1234975140/

The Houston Chronicle's editorial board endorses President Biden's pause on LNG approvals: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/biden-lng-export-trump-election-18680419.php

...While on Sunday, over 80% of the electricity on the Texas grid came from non-carbon-emitting sources: https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2024-02-26/more-than-80-of-electricity-on-the-texas-grid-was-carbon-free-at-one-point-sunday

...And our friends at Environment Texas are hiring: https://jobs.publicinterestnetwork.org/en/postings/0fca1554-3310-4154-945b-ea334b3de46b

The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to send a lawsuit over supposed censorship of conservative propaganda by social media platforms back to lower courts: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/us/politics/supreme-court-social-media-takeaways.html

U.S. Rep Colin Allred has invited Dallas OB/GYN Dr. Austin Dennard, a Texas mother forced to flee the state for vital abortion care, to attend the State Of The Union address as his guest: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/02/25/rep-colin-allred-invites-dallas-doctor-who-fled-state-for-abortion-to-state-of-the-union/

On the cusp of Women's History Month in March, Texas ranks very low on a new ranking of quality of life for women: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-among-top-5-worst-states-for-women-in-2024-report-finds/3471845/

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