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Texas A&M University System starts “ethics and compliance review” of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts ahead of ban

According to a June 13 letter, all Texas A&M universities must provide details on a wide range of programs, trainings and presentations that touch on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on campus, including faculty organizations and mission statements.

The Texas Tribune

At Texas-Mexico border, Ron DeSantis unveils immigration platform with Trump in mind

The Florida governor calls for deputizing local law enforcement to police the border and deport migrants, saying his plan is “more aggressive” than the former president’s proposals.

The Texas Tribune

City could open as many as 5 migrant shelters

Potential sites for new shelters were identified in a memo distributed to Chicago City Council members before a meeting Wednesday of the Council’s Immigrant and Refugee Rights Committee.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Abbott signs bills altering election administration in Harris County

On June 20, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed two bills affecting the administration and oversight of elections in Texas’ largest county, Harris County.

Ballotpedia

Abbott Torpedoes Sickle-Cell Legislation on Juneteenth Weekend

Democratic State Representative Jarvis Johnson called the governor's veto of the Sickle Cell bill "petty, bullshit politics."

Texas Observer

Greg Abbott mocked after falling for hoax story about Garth Brooks being booed off stage

Texas governor fell for a fake article written by ‘patriot’ Flagg Eagleton claiming country music’s most famous artist had gone ‘woke’

The Independent UK

Greg Abbott’s anti-woke tirade mocked after he shares spoof Garth Brooks story

Texas governor duped by satirical article about country star being booed by ‘patriots’ at made-up city in Abbott’s own state

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2023 Texas inauguration raised $4.7 million from donors

The two largest contributions, $250,000 each, came from the hospitality and energy industries for the event that kicked off the third terms for Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

The Texas Tribune

Texas governor signs bill rescinding water breaks as deadly heat grips state

Measure will nullify local ordinances that provide workers protection from devastating, triple-digit temperatures

The Guardian - US

The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, June 23, 2023

States enacted 28 bills this week, more than three times the number of bills enacted during the same week in 2022.

Ballotpedia

Texas Gov Greg Abbott bizarrely weighs in on Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s cage fight

Tech billionaires became increasingly serious about a cage fight, following social media back-and-forth

The Independent UK

The Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration

The case concerned the administration's effort to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation. Texas and Louisiana had sued to block the guidelines.

WEKU

Why are the Texas Rangers the only MLB team without a Pride Night?

The Texas Rangers are the only one of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball that aren't hosting Pride Night during a game in June as part of Pride Month

The Independent UK

How pardoning extremists undermines the rule of law

In the past 10 years, there has been an increase in far-right political violence in the United States. While scholars have pointed to several possible reasons – and often, combinations of explanations – the trend is clear.

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The Texas Tribune

Will Hurd, a moderate Texas Republican and Trump critic, announces run for president

The former member of the U.S. House will likely be the highest-profile Texan to enter the 2024 race, but he’ll be an underdog.

Zenger

North Carolina Follows Alabama And Texas In Challenging ESG

State Senate passes bill banning ESG use in state investments; Governor expected to veto

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Texas vs. California: Mean tweets, migrant dumping and the 'race to the bottom'

Name-calling. Mean tweets. A governor's quick-draw veto pen.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes bill that would give people with disabilities new option to vote by mail

The bipartisan legislation was long sought by advocates for disabled voters, including some of the governor’s own allies.

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North Carolina becomes latest state to challenge ESG

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

The Texas Tribune

Texas senators include more property tax cuts for businesses in new pitch to break impasse with House

The Senate’s latest proposal is an apparent effort to appease Gov. Greg Abbott and the lower chamber. The state’s top Republicans have been at odds for months over how to use the state’s historic budget surplus to cut property taxes.

Los Angeles Times

Bused from Texas to LA: Little food, sketchy bathroom facilities for 20 hours on the road

LOS ANGELES — As the bus full of migrants prepared to embark June 13 on a more than 20-hour journey from Texas to Los Angeles, the passengers were offered bags of chips, water and energy bars.

Los Angeles Times

LA Latinos welcome 42 migrants bused from Texas as 'brothers and sisters'

A month and a half ago, Miguel Ángel got off a bus in Los Angeles. He had been detained in an immigration center since January, after Border Patrol officers caught him and the four other people he was traveling with in the Sonoran Desert.

The Texas Tribune

Fentanyl is dominating headlines, but there’s a more comprehensive drug problem happening in Texas

Lawmakers are passing laws in an attempt to slow the rise in fentanyl overdoses, but drug advocates warn the opioid is mostly a booster for other illegal drugs.

The Texas Tribune

Some conservatives’ long-term goal in property tax fight: get rid of school taxes altogether

Gov. Greg Abbott has thrown his weight behind the idea being pushed by an influential conservative think tank. Many school leaders are worried.

WEKU

A heat wave is hitting the South, from a tornado in West Texas to Florida beaches

Communities from Houston to New Orleans opened cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settled across a broad swath of the U.S. South on Saturday.

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