OM DENNE EPISODE
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Following the TEA's rejection of Austin ISD plans to avoid a state takeover, that dreaded result appears imminent: https://austincurrent.org/2026/05/28/austin-isd-1882-partnership-denied/
The James Talarico campaign raked in a cool $3 million in just the first day after Ken Paxton secured the Republican nomination for Senate: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/article/james-talarico-raises-3-million-vs-ken-paxton-22280470.php
...Talarico scores a major publication endorsement from the Houston Chronicle: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endorsements/article/james-talarico-general-election-endorsement-paxton-22277380.php
...The Talarico campaign can be seen as a referendum on religion: the true following of the teachings of Jesus, versus the distortion and weaponization of those teachings: https://www.vox.com/politics/490105/talarico-paxton-texas-christian-religious-senate-election-primary-nationalism-love-presbyterian-baptist
...Progress Texas is covering tonight's "The People Vs. Ken Paxton" tour stop in San Antonio - it will continue through Leander and Plano over the next few days: https://www.mobilize.us/talaricofortexas/?show_all_events=true&tag_ids=31975
We note the passing of Tim Mahoney, longtime Austin Democratic activist and leader of the Northeast Travis County Democrats: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1295658979423829&id=100069392161525&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=QfyIh80jq591d1PA#
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