Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for a special session of the Texas legislature. He made the announcement late on Monday night after legislators completed their scheduled time in Austin. The Texas Senate unanimously passed a pair of property tax relief bills less than 24 hours after the start of the first special session. A new report from the UT Austin Ray Marshall Center and the Texas Climate Jobs Project found that Texas could create up to 35,000 jobs by reducing methane emissions.
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This program originally aired on May 30, 2023