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Bias or no bias, these Texas Senators were elected to office, they deserve more respect than what many naysayers will give.
Bias or no bias, none of these proposals have passed the Texas House, where urban interests generally rule. Laws require both the House and Senate to pass.

Every other year (Texas Legislature only sits the year after election - not in the election year) since Texas Central announced its' intention to build a HSR line. Several laws have passed, none of them have placed Texas Central into a critical condition - it is still alive and kicking.

True, a state court in Leon Country ruled against Texas Central, a state court in Harris Country ruled in its favor. Both cases are being appealed. Who knows what the Texas Supreme Court will rule.

And if all it takes for Texas Central is to own tracks and a train to be declared a railroad so it can have eminent domain powers, the City of Dallas has lots of land to sell in the Trinity River wetlands where miles of tracks can be laid and a train can be run.

At best, all these lawsuits end up doing is delaying the construction. There's plenty of options available to overcome them.