Monday, May 1st, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today's headlines: Texas resident Francisco Oropeza shot five of his neighbors, aged between 8 and 31, after being asked to stop shooting rounds in his backyard. In Colorado, Governor Jared Polis signed four new gun-related laws and a poll found that most people support gun regulation. The Utah state court is deciding a case that could make it hard to get an abortion in the state, and Louisiana lawmakers are working on a bill that would give tax credits to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers. Finally, several financial institutions made bids to buy First Republic Bank. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: AP News: Texas mass shooting suspect could be anywhere, sheriff says Axios: Colorado governor signs 4 major gun bills, drawing White House applause Fox News: Fox News Poll: Voters favor gun limits over arming citizens to reduce gun violence AP News: Utah judge to rule next week on state abortion clinic ban Louisiana Illuminator: Louisiana’s proposed tax credit for anti-abortion pregnancy centers clears first hurdle CNBC: Big banks including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America asked for final bids on First Republic Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today, it's Monday, May 1st, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.0	by Betcha's Media.
0:08.0	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:12.4	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.5	show there is.
0:17.9	Our government.
0:19.3	Sadly, we need to start this episode as we have on far too many Monday mornings this
0:26.4	year.
0:27.4	The story of another brutal and pointless shooting, this time in San Jacinto County, Texas.
0:33.2	On Friday night, 38-year-old Francisco Orapesa shot five of his neighbors between the ages
0:38.5	of eight and 31.
0:40.4	After one of them asked them to stop shooting rounds in his backyard as it was keeping
0:44.1	his family awake.
0:46.4	Residents of the neighborhood said that people there often relax and unwind by firing off
0:50.4	guns.
0:51.4	Naturally.
0:52.4	Police have since recovered the AR-15 style rifle that Orapesa allegedly used for the
0:56.8	shootings, but he fled following the incident and has not been found since then.
1:01.8	As of yesterday, authorities say that they are not sure if he is carrying another weapon
1:05.8	with him, and that quote, he could be anywhere now, which is obviously reassuring.
1:14.0	Slightly more reassuring are the four new pieces of gun-related legislation that were
1:17.6	signed into law by Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Friday.
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