About this episode

The episode discusses congressional actions regarding ICE, local political calls for a special session, and transportation project updates in Central Texas.

Congressional Democrats are holding ICE's feet to the fire over that shooting in Houston as the congressional Hispanic caucus will hold a hearing in Houston next week and congresswoman Sylvia Garcia says they need the public's input because the agency is not releasing details, Austin-area state rep. and Democrat candidate for lieutenant governor Vikki Goodwin is calling on governor Greg Abbott to get lawmakers back at the capitol for a special session on data centers, and Goodwin was joined at a press conference yesterday by various local elected officials from Austin, San Marcos, and Hays county, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is still planning a major expansion of Mopac south between Cesar Chavez and Slaughter lane, but the cost of the project has been jumping way up, raising questions from some people who often use toll roads in the area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Todd, Oz

Topics covered

• ICE
• Congressional hearing
• Texas politics
• Data centers
• Transportation
• Local government

Keywords

• ICE
• Congress
• Vikki Goodwin
• Greg Abbott
• Mopac
• Houston shooting
• data centers
• transportation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Congressional Hispanic caucus, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority

Places: Houston, Austin, San Marcos, Hays county, Mopac

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