Stories we're following this Friday morning at Progress Texas:

Parts of SB-1, the 2021 GOP voter suppression law, have been struck down by a federal judge: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-strikes-down-portions-of-texas-voter-suppression-law-s-b-1/

ERCOT pleads for conservation, but keeps the AC on - while energy prices spike 6,000%: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ercot-issues-voluntary-power-conservation-call-texas-heat-wave-2023-08-17/

Tesla stock price continues to slide despite Texas requiring its tech to be used in new charging stations: https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/tesla-stock-ev-charging-texas-9555ff9

...While state lawmakers gouge electric vehicle owners with "punitive" fees: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/17/punitive-texas-other-states-roadblocks-ev-transition-00110125

Biden administration brushes off Abbott hysteria about an "invasion" at the border: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/08/17/doj-scoffs-at-texas-invasion-defense-says-buoys-violate-treaty-of-guadalupe-hidalgo/

...While an eighth busload of mostly Venezuelan migrants arrives in Los Angeles, sent there from Brownsville: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/texas-sends-eighth-bus-with-migrants-to-los-angeles/3208012/

Terrific Andrea Grimes op-ed on the hypocrisy of "pro-life" Texas: https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna100475

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