Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Grief, frustration and rising anger are seen across the Houston community in the wake of the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/texas-ice-shooting-victim-son
...A large gathering convened in vigil last night on Houston's Canal Street, where the shooting occurred on Tuesday morning: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/08/texas-houston-ice-shooting-vigil/
Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico has raised over $30 million over the second quarter of 2026, almost all from small-dollar donations averaging under $50 each: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/08/texas-james-talarico-senate-fundraising-second-quarter-30-million/
Over 500 Lubbock residents showed up to a public hearing on data centers on Tuesday night, overwhelmingly opposed to their takeover of the Lubbock region: https://www.chron.com/texas/article/data-centers-lubbock-texas-22337210.php
Also in Lubbock, a group of Texas Tech professors have banded together to sue Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the Texas Tech Board of Regents over their new conservative constraints upon academic content: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/07/09/texas-tech-faculty-sue-over-race-gender-rules
...Almost 300 courses at Tech have been severely curtailed and modified to comply with the University's new undercutting of academic freedom: https://www.advocate.com/news/education/texas-tech-curriculum-censorship-lawsuit
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