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Daily Dispatch 6/24/25: Not So Cool After All - Abbott Vetoes Funding For Low Income Kids' Meals, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:In the only budget item from the 89th Legislature he vetoed, Governor Abbott has nixed Texas' participation in the federal Summer EBT program, designed to keep lower-income kids fed during summer months: https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-gov-greg-abbott-vetoes-summer-lunch-program-for-low-income-kids-37817843Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is fully hysterical over Abbott's ban of Dan's Ban - he's accusing the hemp industry of connections to cartels and terrorists, and claiming that stoned people are walking in front of trains…
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