Daily Dispatch 9/9/25: Talarico Makes Senate Run Official, and More
Episode description
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Austin State Rep. James Talarico makes it official: he's running for the U.S. Senate: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/state/article/james-talarico-us-senate-campaign-21036632.php
Governor Abbott announces an executive order establishing the sales restrictions on THC products that the legislature failed to pass after multiple tries: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/09/greg-abbott-thc-executive-order-21-texas/
...Can he just up and do that? https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/02/analysis-governors-executive-order-doesnt-go-very-far-texas/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
In yesterday's SCOTUS decision to allow racial profiling by ICE in California, years of progress have been "foolishly squandered": https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2025/09/09/supreme-courts-immigration-ruling-is-a-huge-step-backward-for-america/
...Recent ICE detention horror stories include a Houston mother of nine who now faces deportation or indefinite detention: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/texas-houston-immigrants-family-deportation-belize-ice/?_bhlid=8e0e0663695b3812d0118f81adc1a3473c5a4b5a
...And an Austin man from Iran who's likely to be tortured and possibly executed if he's deported: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-09-05/austinite-facing-execution-in-iran-awaits-deportation-after-weeks-detained/
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