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Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 05/15/2020, including: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s warning to some local counties for illegally restricting First Amendment rights of churches. The House has two votes scheduled today – one on Nancy Pelosi’s $3-trillion dollar Heroes Act stimulus package; a second on a rule change that would allow lawmakers to vote by proxy during the coronavirus crisis. As Texas begins to allow businesses to reopen across all sectors of the economy, those in the hard-hit travel sector stand ready to help the state economy rebound from this devastating pandemic.

Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 05/14/2020, including: States animal shelters have reported empty shelters after dog adoptions have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic. She’s become the poster child for government overreach. The Dallas-area salon owner who violated a stay-at-home order and reopened her business was sentenced to seven days in jail by a local judge, only to have the ruling overturned by the Texas Supreme Court. She’s also found the support of local and state lawmakers who are working to get Texas working again.