Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

A new poll (from a conservative think tank, mind you) shows only a three point advantage for Ted Cruz over Colin Allred, with women and independents far in Allred's favor: https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-polls-texas-senate-allred-narrow-lead-1921176

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked a new Federal Trade Commission ban on non-compete agreements: https://www.axios.com/2024/07/03/ftc-non-compete-agreement-ban-workers

Prisoners inside Texas' uncooled prisons plead for mercy as summer heat builds: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-inmates-in-uncooled-prisons-plead-for-relief-in-another-hot-summer/

A former Republican Congressman writes on Christian Nationalism, which is more closely connected to the cultural fears of older white Texans than to their religious piety: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/2024/07/06/make-america-christian-again/

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