Update 6-20-2023

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SPOTLIGHTS

Texas Rural Woman Grant - Apply Until June 21, 2023

The CWE’s Texas Rural Woman Grant Program fosters greater economic development activity in rural Texas by encouraging and enabling rural woman-owned, small businesses to undertake new and innovative projects. Thirty-five $10,000 grants for a total of $350,000 is available for this round of funding.

Texas Digital Opportunity Plan: Public Survey - Take the Survey to Improve broadband access in Texas.

The State of Texas is designing solutions to ensure that all residents have access to high quality and affordable internet service, devices, skills training, and digital support. This 10-minute Digital Equity survey will gather information about your current experiences using the internet and should be completed by one individual per household.

NEW UT/TEXAS POLITICS PROJECT POLL: HALF OF TEXAS VOTERS SAY THE IMPEACHMENT OF SUSPENDED ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON WAS JUSTIFIED

As the Texas Senate begins the historically unprecedented process of trying the suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton on 31 articles of impeachment, a majority of Texas’ registered voters think the House was justified in impeaching the three-term incumbent, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll.

TEXAS LEGISLATURE

Governor’s Vetos

Father’s Day at Midnight was the deadline for the governor to veto bills, sign bills, or let bills become law without his signature. 76 bills were vetoed by Governor Greg Abbott (22 HB’s and 54 SB’s). Nine of the 22 HB’s were expressly vetoed because “education freedom” is a higher priority. Two HB’s (that were sponsored in the Senate by Senator Paul Bettencourt) were expressly vetoed because “property tax reform” is a higher priority. Of the 54 SB’s vetoed, 46 were vetoed because “property tax reform” is a higher priority. The 76 vetoes this year by Governor Greg Abbott were the second-highest number of vetoes in the history of the state behind the 83 bills vetoed by Governor Rick Perry in 2001. 1,040 bills were signed by the governor, and 130 bills became law without his signature. (Credit Stan Schleuter)