Daily Dispatch 11/13/25: Shutdown Ends, Worry For The Future of the Hemp Industry Begins, and More

Progress Texas Podcasts · Nov 13, 2025 · 10m

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Our conversation yesterday with Beto O'Rourke: https://progresstexas.org/podcast/happy-hour-242-beto-orourke-and-power-peopleDonald Trump has signed legislation ending the federal government shutdown - including language that more or less kills the consumable hemp industry in one year: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/hemp-thc-ban-21169676.php...Laredo Congressman Henry Cuellar was the only Texas Democrat in the U.S. House to vote for it…