Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Another pregnant Texan in a traumatic miscarraige situation is denied care by doctors, eventually fainting to her bathroom floor from blood loss: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-nightmare-miscarriage-abortion-ban-b2549017.html

Ken Paxton files his 75th lawsuit against the Biden administration, this one against workplace protections for LGBTQ+ Texans: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/21/paxton-biden-eeoc-gender-identity-lawsuit/

The Dade Phelan/David Covey race to represent Beaumont in the Texas House has become a very expensive runoff main event: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/05/21/early-voting-begins-with-future-of-texas-house-in-balance

...Gambling magnates on one side, Christian Nationalist crusaders on the other: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/21/dade-phelan-miriam-adelson-casino-runoff-primary/

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick joins the GOP clown show at the Trump trial in New York: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/dan-patrick-donald-trump-hush-money-trial/3547236/

...Claims Trump is being targeted by "the ruling class", as opposed to being a poster child for it: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dan-patrick-trump-is-not-ruling-class_n_664ce46ee4b09c97de219dbb

Ted Cruz forgets his reputation for fleeing the country in bad weather, gets roasted over Houston: https://newrepublic.com/post/181779/ted-cruz-gets-roasted-post-texas-storm

...While as of yesterday, 100,000 Houstonians were still without power: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/over-226000-customers-still-without-power-after-storms-texas-2024-05-20/

...And wild weather in Texas is driving YOUR insurance costs through the roof (until it's blown off): https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/outrageous-texans-face-insurance-spikes-amid-natural-disasters/

...While ERCOT considers "smart meter" technology to helpfully turn your AC off in a power pinch: https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/ercot-first-innovation-summit-2024/269-69947dd0-a319-471a-b32d-d80c1828a492

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