The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - December 11, 2024

Starting point is 00:00:00 Howdy, folks. Today is Wednesday, December 11th, and you're listening to the Texans Daily Rundown. I'm the Texans Assistant Editor Rob Lausches, and here is the rundown of today's news in Texas politics. First up, a federal judge has temporarily halted President Joe Biden's efforts to extend Affordable Care Act health care coverage to illegal immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The preliminary injunction and stay of the final rule was issued by Judge Daniel M. Traynor of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota on Monday. The Biden administration announced in May it would be expanding ACA coverage for DACA recipients,

Starting point is 00:00:45 writing that, quote, the final rule will remove the prohibition on DACA recipients eligibility for Affordable Care Act coverage for the first time and is projected to help more than 100,000 young people gain health insurance. Announced back in 2012 by President Barack Obama, the DACA program offers temporary relief from deportation, work authorization, and access to a limited range of federal benefits for certain non-American nationals who arrived in the United States as children. In other news, after four years leading the Fort Worth Police Department, Chief Neal Noakes has announced he will retire at the end of May 2025. Noakes made the announcement on Monday, December 9th, calling it bittersweet. Noakes said during a press conference, quote, My emotions are mixed because I have been with the FWPD for half my life and have truly enjoyed my career. Being part of our FWPD family has been an incredible honor and a privilege, end quote. He was appointed by city

Starting point is 00:01:46 manager David Cook in 2021 after serving in various other positions within the department since 2000. Noakes emphasized that he is not leaving FWPD for another job, nor is he planning to move out of Fort Worth, saying, quote, I have no other job offers. He added that he isn't sure what he will do, but that he wants to spend more time with family. Noakes also said that Cook's announcement that he would be retiring in February 2025 is not the cause of his decision. Last but not least, the city of Fort Worth ratified the hiring of its new city manager during its December 10th city council meeting, four months after the previous City Manager, David Cook, decided to retire from the job. The Fort Worth City Council voted to hire

Starting point is 00:02:31 Jay Chapa to replace the retiring Cook. Cook announced in August that he would retire in February 2025 after over a decade of working as City Manager. Cook oversaw Fort Worth's growth to a population of 978,000 residents. He fostered many public-private partnerships to develop landmark institutions in the city, including Dickey's Arena, the new Texas A&M Fort Worth campus, the new $630 million Stockyards expansion, and the continued development of Alliance Airport. He also oversaw the addition of two city council seats, a new police chief, a new city hall, and a major reform to the city's pension system. While Chapa has worked for the city for much of his career, not everyone was happy with the hiring

Starting point is 00:03:16 process and eventual choice. The discussion on the agenda item for Chapa's hiring during the Tuesday city council meeting took nearly two hours by itself. Thanks for listening. To support The Texan, please be sure to visit thetexan.news and subscribe to get full access to all of our articles, newsletters, and podcasts.

The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - December 11, 2024

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