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Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to pull state funding from the city of San Marcos in retaliation for a largely symbolic Gaza ceasefire resolution placed on its city council's agenda: https://www.kut.org/politics/2025-04-30/san-marcos-tx-city-council-resolution-ceasefire-gaza-genocide-israel-governor-greg-abbott-funding-antisemitism
...Meanwhile, Abbott and UT Austin Jay Hartzell have been sued by a group of UT students who contend that their First Amendment rights were violated in the crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests on UT's campus last August: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/students-sue-texas-university-governor-over-gaza-protest-arrests-2025-05-01/
Smithville Republican State Rep. Stan Gerdes' anti-"furries" bill was ridiculed Democrats when it was heard earlier this week, but both Governor Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have endorsed it: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/furries-bill-greg-abbott-20294538.php
May Day rallies and protests are happening across Texas today - we remind you to keep things safe and legal. May Day Fort Worth: https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/775678/
May Day San Antonio: https://deceleration.news/event/may-day-caravan-san-antonio/
May Day Houston: https://www.mobilize.us/50501houston/event/782048/
May Day Austin: https://www.mobilize.us/publiccitizeninitiative/event/777726/
Don't forget to VOTE on Saturday May 3! See your local county website for a sample ballot to study beforehand, and get your questions about voting answered at GoVoteTexas.org.
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