Hannah Norton
@HannahDNorton
Covering Texas politics + #txlege for @impactnews | Seattle grown, @Mizzou made 🐅 | she/her | ✉️: [email protected]
Invited testimony at tomorrow’s #txlege joint Disaster Preparedness & Flooding committees will include several state agency heads, the Texas Water Development Board, river authority officials and a panel on emergency communications, per agenda:
STORY: Gov. @GregAbbott_TX says Texas must ban intoxicating THC products in special session #txlege @impactnews communityimpact.com/austin/south-c…
NEWS: Gov. @GregAbbott_TX tells me he wants to BAN intoxicating consumable THC products in Texas: "The only hemp product that's going to be out there is non-intoxicating hemp, which is below 3 milligrams of THC." Story tk via @impactnews #txlege
At a committee hearing for SB5, the Senate's bill to ban THC products, @TeamBettencourt just read this news aloud Safe to say committee is happy to hear the governor is coming around to their side
NEWS: Gov. @GregAbbott_TX tells me he wants to BAN intoxicating consumable THC products in Texas: "The only hemp product that's going to be out there is non-intoxicating hemp, which is below 3 milligrams of THC." Story tk via @impactnews #txlege
.@DanPatrick announces priority Senate bills for the special session. Only a handful are on TLO so far #txlege
NEW: Gov. Greg Abbott told members of Congress he was skeptical about calling a special session to redraw Texas’ congressional maps. Most Texas Republicans were not a fan, either. Then Trump called. How the redistricting effort came to be: @TexasTribune texastribune.org/2025/07/22/tex…
Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick again promoting a THC ban on day 2 of the special session. Texas senators are currently considering a ban in committee, though it's unclear what the House plans to do. #txlege
“Our nation’s young people only get one chance to grow up. We owe it to them, their families, communities, and hemp farmers, to address this problem now.” Intoxicating THC must be banned in Texas! ow.ly/zgWu50WsK1f
Earlier today, 48 of 62 Texas House Dems sent a letter to Speaker @Burrows4TX, saying they "refuse to engage in any other legislative work until after adequate flood relief and disaster mitigation legislation are passed and signed by the governor." #txlege
