Daily Dispatch 10/20/23: Texas Dems Present School Funding Package, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Democrats in the Texas House present a solid school funding package, which of course is near-guaranteed to be ignored by the GOP majority: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/10/19/texas-legislature-house-democrats-unveil-school-funding-bill-hb117/71240474007/

...While Republican House members present another iteration of the same old idea, vouchers: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/19/texas-house-voucher-school-choice-bill/

Immigration advocates raise concerns that legislation increasing criminality for assisting undocumented migrants is dangerously vague: https://abc13.com/texas-politics-sb4-undocumented-immigrants/13942147/

...While Republicans themselves wonder why the Colony Ridge development is a point of conversation: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/19/colony-ridge-texas-legislature/

Two of Ken Paxton's staffers have left their jobs amidst concerns of impropriety: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/19/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-judd-stone-chris-hilton/

Anti-semitic incidents and rhetoric are rising in Texas over the Israel/Hamas conflict: https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/mclennan-county/anti-defamation-league-reports-instances-of-anti-semitism-across-central-texas/

A second state audit of elections in Houston reveals only minor problems: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2023-10-19/texas-releases-another-audit-of-elections-in-harris-county-where-gop-still-challenging-losses

Dallas-based attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty to charges of election interference in Georgia - and is likely to flip on Donald Trump: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/sidney-powell-pleads-guilty-georgia-election-interference-case-rcna121210

And conspiracy monger Alex Jones will not, after all, be able to avoid over $1 billion in defamation damages via his personal bankruptcy: https://www.reuters.com/legal/alex-jones-cant-avoid-sandy-hook-verdicts-bankruptcy-judge-2023-10-19/

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