The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday from Patrick Osborn. 

• Texas Democrats have fled the state over proposed redistricting maps in the state’s current special session 
• Governor Greg Abbott is touting newly signed legislation that creates cell phone-free classrooms in Texas 
• An arrest has been made in connection to a shooting at a park in Leander that left one man dead

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