Inside Texas Politics: SCOTUS, fourth special session, Taiwan

There are increasing calls for Governor Abbott to convene a fourth special legislative session. Republicans say there are outstanding issues that need to be addressed.

DALLAS – This Week on Inside Texas Politics:

Colin Allred talks about Taiwan trip

Inside Texas Politics begins with one of Texas’s largest trading partners – the island of Taiwan. It’s 7,700 miles across the Pacific, but Texas companies do $ 7 billion in business with it annually. However, the Chinese consider Taiwan a breakaway territory. And many fear that a war might come. During the Thanksgiving holiday, a bipartisan group from Congress boarded a plane and flew to Taiwan. Among them was the US representative Colin Allred. He’s a Dallas Democrat.

Decisions of the appellate court of the 5th district

Ross Ramsey, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Tribune in Austin, speaks with Jason Whitely about news from across the state of Texas.

The 5th District Court of Appeals has made two important decisions affecting Texas. Both are temporary. The first is that the appeals court is telling school districts that they cannot require students to wear face masks. And in Austin, a federal judge prevented a new Texas law from going into effect. This is the one that forbids social media companies from throwing users off their platforms for their views. These decisions were good news and bad news for Texas Republicans. Especially Governor Abbott. But are these the final decisions?

And President Biden just got Mexico to agree to resume the program of President Trump’s stay in Mexico. Biden wanted to end it altogether. A court said no. How long will it take?

Will there be a fourth special session?

Jason Whitely speaks with Texas Republican Party Chairman Matt Rinaldi about a possible fourth special session of the Legislature.

This weekend there is increasing demand for Governor Abbott to call a fourth special session of the Legislature. Republicans say there are outstanding issues that need to be addressed. Conservatives in particular want to forbid companies from requiring workers to be vaccinated. Matt Rinaldi, leader of the Texas Republican Party, is behind these efforts.

How is texas doing …

Over the past 20 years, Texas politics has created an ideal place for businesses to grow. It has often been referred to as the Texas miracle. But Texan politics is no longer as moderate as it used to be. Does this endanger the explosive growth of this state?

This is the question that concerns UT Austin. And it’s also the focus of the latest episode of our Y’all-itics Politics Podcast starring Steven Pedigo – the director of the LBJ Urban Lab. Look for Y’all-itics wherever you get your podcasts.

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Reporter Roundtable discusses the SCOTUS abortion law and the Omicron variant

Ross Ramsey and Bud Kennedy of the Texas Tribune with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram are accompanied by Berna Dean Steptoe, the political producer for the WFAA.

A new Mississippi law was heard last week in the Supreme Court banning abortions after 15 weeks. The judges seemed ready to overthrow Roe on Wade. How will this affect the mid-term elections in 2022? Does it motivate Democrats? Or depress them?

The Omicron variant spreads in the USA. There’s a lot of confusion about booster shots. Are the state and counties doing enough to get the word out? What do we expect from Governor Abbott for this variant? Is this just a new variant of COVID-19 or does it signal a further increase in some cases?

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