Daily Dispatch 1/17/24: ERCOT Survives A Mild Texas Winter Test, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Record low temperatures have been recorded across Texas: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/article/texas-cold-front-18611255.php

...Including in normally-balmy Houston - but this was no Uri: https://www.chron.com/weather/article/houston-freeze-texas-18610377.php

Two attorneys have sought clarification on abortion restriction exceptions from the Texas Medical Board: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/16/texas-medical-board-abortion/

Governor Abbott has accepted an enormous $6 million donation from a Pennsylvania billionaire who backs private school vouchers: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/16/greg-abbott-jeff-yass-camapaign-donation/

Texas has until the end of the day to turn Shelby Park in Eagle Pass back over to federal Border Patrol: https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/state-of-texas-battles-federal-government-over-control-of-border-with-mexico-immigration-crisis-at-the-border

...The three drowning victims from MLK weekend are remembered: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12971181/migrant-children-drown-border-Eagle-Pass-Texas.html

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed in an ongoing lawsuit filed by Ken Paxton against his company: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/16/meta-ceo-zuckerberg-to-be-deposed-in-texas-facial-recognition-case.html

...While Paxton himself will be required to testify under oath in the ongoing whistleblower lawsuit against him: https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2024-01-16/texas-supreme-court-rules-against-ag-ken-paxton-greenlights-his-deposition-in-whistleblower-case

...And Paxton's lawsuit against Pfizer will be moved to federal court: https://www.kcbd.com/2024/01/17/ag-paxtons-lawsuit-against-pfizer-moved-federal-court/

Reminder about tomorrow's District 32 debate, co-hosted by Progress Texas: https://www.mobilize.us/richardsonareademocrats/event/597311/

And, Progress Texas is hiring! We're looking for an Advocacy Manager: https://progresstexas.org/blog/advocacy-manager-progress-texas-jobs

...and a Communications Intern: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas-internships

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