Daily Dispatch 4/16/25: Democrats Have A Plan To Stop Vouchers, and More
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Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
After 30 years of trying, Texas Republicans are confident they can push private school vouchers on an unwilling Texas today: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/15/texas-house-vouchers-public-school-funding-vote/?_bhlid=787b18ce3a9535dfb634483e2ca01fd2c02ecc6e
...But the Democratic minority has a plan to send that issue to the voters, where it's likely to die: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/15/texas-legislature-democrats-school-vouchers-constitutional-amendments/
The Texas Senate has passed SB 37, which would give Republican officeholders control over the curriculum taught about history, inequality and race at Texas colleges: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/texas-senate-approves-bill-that-could-reshape-how-history-race-are-taught-in-universities
Republicans are lining up to unseat Laredo Congressman Henry Cuellar, who despite his lack of loyalty, Democrats desperately need to keep in place: https://www.expressnews.com/politics/article/mayra-flores-henry-cuellar-20277181.php
...MAGA types are also lining up for a chance to out-Paxton Ken Paxton at Attorney General: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/04/16/ken-paxton-senate-texas-attorney-general-2026-election-race/83049997007/
A Houston law firm is fighting back against a presidential executive order in a battle that could set precedent for the risks undertaken by attorneys in standing up to the Trump regime: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/04/14/518705/houston-based-law-firm-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-following-executive-order/
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