The Texas Legislature is moving bills along, our state agencies are changing under the Trump administration, and there’s a ton going on in town this weekend. TGIF, y’all, it’s time for the Friday News Round Up. Host Nikki DaVaughn, executive producer Eva Ruth Moravec, and Hey Austin newsletter editor Kelsey Bradshaw are getting into some of the biggest news in town this week. We discuss how Gov. Greg Abbott is “Trumpifying” Texas, by requiring state employees — of which there are nearly 70,000 in Austin — to return to the office, and fired an employee who refused to remove pronouns from his email signature. We also get into an update on some bills that are stuck, progressing, and upcoming at the Texas Legislature. Plus, how are you celebrating International Women’s Day? We’ve got some ideas. 

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