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Today's Big Stories
1. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick looking to reform impeachment process
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is requesting state senators to reform the impeachment process.
In his second round of interim charges, Patrick tasked senators to make recommendations to ensure a fair and transparent process. Nearly one year ago, Patrick condemned the Texas House of Representatives over its handling of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial.
2. Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads not guilty to U.S. charges
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a powerful leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday to U.S. narcotics trafficking charges in a case accusing him of engaging in murder plots, ordering torture and channeling tons of drugs into the United States.
Participating in a court hearing through a Spanish-language interpreter, Zambada gave yes-or-no answers to a magistrate’s standard questions about whether he understood various documents and procedures. Asked how he was feeling, he said, “Fine, fine.”
His lawyers entered the not-guilty plea on his behalf.
3. Boeing factory workers go on strike after rejecting contract offer
Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years.
The labor action involves 33,000 Boeing machinists, most of them in Washington state, and is expected to shut down production of the company's best-selling airline planes. The strike will not affect commercial flights but represents another setback for the aerospace giant, whose reputation and finances have been battered by manufacturing problems and multiple federal investigations this year.
4. ACL announces 2024 vendor list, and tacos will be plentiful and ‘Hot to Go’
The Austin City Limits Music Festival is making its annual return to Zilker Park next month, and while singers like Chappell Roan, Chris Stapleton and Dua Lipa will be center stage, the choice of what to eat will be top of mind for hungry music lovers.
ACL released its full list of food vendors ahead of the festival kickoff next month, and a main theme of the list is, of course, Tex-Mex and tacos.
Notes for Tommorrow
Saturday, Sept 14
- President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver remarks at the annual Phoenix Award Dinner, held during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff also attends
- Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump attends campaign fundraiser in Salt Lake City
- Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz continues the campaign's 'New Way Forward Tour', in Minnesota and Wisconsin, on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Walz arrives at Duluth International Airport in Duluth, MN (1:45 PM CDT), and delivers remarks at a Harris-Walz campaign rally in Superior, WI (2:30 pm cdt)
- Former Independent presidential candidate lawyer and author Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard participate in a moderated discussion with Jessica Krauss in Glendale, AZ, as part of the Team Trump Reclaim America Tour on behalf of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump
- 10th annual Television Humanitarian Awards Luncheon Gala, hosted by Marc Malkin. This year's honorees include Steve Sawalich, Tyler James Williams, Dulé Hill, Wendell Pierce and Jeffrey Ross. Presenters include John Stamos, Seth Green, Rich Eisen, Diedrich Bader, Rob Morrow, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Saladin Patterson
- 60th anniversary of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts going on sale for the first time, initially in just four flavors - strawberry, blueberry, brown sugar cinnamon, and apple currant. Marketing material upon launch gave retailers strict instructions to stock the product in the baked goods, cookie or even cake mix sections of stores, but not with the cereals
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Ballet folklórico dancers perform at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo)
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with these events in Austin, San Antonio and DFW
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