The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - March 27, 2025

Starting point is 00:00:00 Howdy folks, today is Thursday, March 27th and you're listening to the Texans Daily Rundown. I'm the Texans Assistant Editor Rob Lauschus and here is the rundown of today's news in Texas politics. First up, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 22 alleged members of a drug trafficking ring that the FBI believes to be working with Mexican cartels in Lubbock. FBI Director Cash Patel announced in an ex-post late on Wednesday evening,

Starting point is 00:00:34 quote, Tonight I can report yet another successful operation from our brave field agents and regional partners in our ongoing mission to break the drug cartels." He continued, quote, earlier today, our teams executed a takedown and arrested 22 members of a narcotics trafficking ring in Lubbock, Texas, one who we believe to be working with the Mexican cartels. The following morning, Patel announced

Starting point is 00:01:00 the arrest of an accused top MS-13 gang leader in Virginia in collaboration with US.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Next, an event planned to feature Houston City Councilmember Amy Peck was abruptly canceled and police had to intervene after a group of pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the meeting hosted by a Republican group and attempted to block Peck's vehicle as she left the venue Tuesday evening. Just before the beginning of a meeting of the Houston Young Republicans at Christian's Tailgate Bar and Grill, about a dozen protesters assembled just outside the open-air facility with an electric

Starting point is 00:01:37 megaphone, noisemakers, and signs declaring, quote, Israelis are the new Nazis. Some of the signs included the names of Peck's minor children. Houston young Republicans canceled the event, but as Peck attempted to leave, police say protesters surrounded her vehicle and continued to accuse her of genocide until officers intervened. Stay tuned for more news updates after this short message. Data centers fuel three hundred sixty,000 Texas jobs, generate $3.5 billion in state and local taxes, and power essential services like banking, health care and

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Starting point is 00:02:41 Committee this week, as legislators and members of the public discussed the issue and a proposal to combat it. House Bill 1088, authored by Representative Shelby Slawson, aims to extend the legal recourse a minor has to make claims of medical malpractice for gender modification drugs and procedures. Slawson detailed that the bill is intended to expand the statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims until 25 years old if the claim is related to malpractice for, quote, provision of a puberty-blocking drug or cross-sex hormone or a surgery performed on them when the purpose of that treatment was for gender transitioning or reassignment. Also, Texas has long been at the forefront

Starting point is 00:03:25 of energy expansion. The state leads the nation in wind power production due both to its friendly business climate, which includes population growth, driving up electricity demand, and its vast tracts of sparsely populated land. Now, Texas is ramping up its solar power game with 39,000 megawatts of projects, over 150 in number,

Starting point is 00:03:46 in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas queue. That's more than doubling its current portfolio. There is, of course, the traditional fight over resource mixes at the macro level, a sometimes philosophical clash between thermal and renewable energy. Whereas the fossil fuel side of that argument brings with it the classic debate over pollution and emissions, the renewable side of the growth features conflict between wind and solar generators on one hand and conservationists and landowners on the other. Enter State Senator Lois Kolkhorst's Senate Bill 819, which would establish permitting requirements on wind and solar farms managed by the Public Utility Commission and require the conducting of an environmental impact review. Last but not least, U.S. stock exchange Nasdaq has announced the opening of a new regional

Starting point is 00:04:34 headquarters in Dallas, another example of increased investment in Texas. This announcement follows last year's creation of the Texas Stock Exchange, which is backed by BlackRock and Citadel Securities, as well as the relocation of New York Stock Exchange Chicago to Dallas. While NASDAQ's regional headquarters will not be a stock exchange, it will serve as a hub for businessmen to network with one another and interact with the rest of NASDAQ's network. It will serve Texas and the rest of the South. Thanks for listening. To support the Texan, please be sure to

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The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - March 27, 2025

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