Hinojosa outlines Texas governor transition plans

Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa introduced members of her transition team, including a former Republican state senator. She also said she's interviewing candidates to replace the current head of the Texas Education Agency, Fox 4's Alex Boye, live with more on what she had to say. Alex. Hey guys and that news conference was relatively short. I can tell you as you already mentioned that there was announcements today made of some of her first senior transition team members. Afterwards then the governor-elect did take some questions from reporters. Take a look. Now the governor-elect held her first Post-victory news conference on the UT Austin campus. She was flanked by some of her senior transition team, and they include a former Austin ISD school board trustee she once served with, which Hinojosa says shows her dedication to public education. Also, the executive director of the Texas Building Trades Council Which Hinojosa says shows her commitment to putting money in the pocket of Texans. And then the team also includes a former Republican state lawmaker, Ernest Bales, who introduced himself at the news conference today as a conservative Republican. Hinojosa called him a close ally. Hinojosa said that she is building a bipartisan transition team to best serve the people of Texas. I'm excited about this historic day, and I'm excited about building a government that is working for the people of Texas. We are forging a new way forward. People are tired of the divisions, of the fighting, tired of the culture wars. This is a time to come together in a way that is about just delivering for the people of Texas. Hinojosa also addressed Republican State Representative Brian Harrison's call for Abbott to order a special legislative session in an effort to try and limit the governor and lieutenant governor's emergency powers before new Texas Democrats are sworn into office. Harrison tried but failed to push forward legislation limiting the governor's powers in 2022. I would hope that. Elected leaders from both parties don't get in the way of the progress we can make together to deliver for working people. That is our obligation as leaders in this state, and I look forward to working with Republican leaders in the legislature. And Hinojosa said Governor Abbott has been very cooperative, vowing to help her have a smooth transition into office. She says that they've only spoken once, but that their teams are in constant communication. Hinojosa says that her transition team will be announced in waves in the coming weeks. And at the news conference today, Hinojosa did not get into specifics about what her legislative priorities will be once she is sworn into office. We do know from her victory speech that she did say on her first day in office that she does plan to fire the TEA commissioner. At the news conference today, when asked about those plans, she did say that her staff is currently interviewing candidates to replace him.