The Texan Podcast

This week on a special edition of The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team discusses some of the top stories of 2021 — from the freeze to the quorum bust, the border crisis to redistricting — we cover all this and more as the year comes to an end.

This week on a special edition of The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team discusses some Texas Christmas stories, including an ill-fated 1927 bank robbery by Santa in the town of Cisco, a look back at the Cowboys’ Christmas Ball in Anson, and some classic Texas Christmas music.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team discusses the field of candidates running for lieutenant governor, the attorney general opening up an investigation into certain pharmaceutical companies regarding puberty blockers, a certain “Rick Perry” running for governor, a new redistricting lawsuit, a fatal car chase resulting from a human smuggling attempt, Congress opting to raise the debt ceiling, a Texas city facing a lawsuit from one of its citizens over a parking lot, Harris County exploring the use of COVID-19 federal funds to help women receive abortions, conflict in the National Guard over vaccine requirements, a drug bust near the Hidalgo International Bridge, and our list of the top Texas Christmas gifts to give friends and family this year.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team talks through the Biden administration suing Texas over redistricting, the attorney general weighing in on gender modification procedures for minors, four Texas Democrats taking a stance opposite of the White House, recent border rescues by Customs and Border Protection agents, some Texas school mask mandates remaining, state officials wrestling with the strings attached to federal coronavirus money, a San Antonio school district voluntarily removing hundreds of controversial books from its library, nearly $700,000 worth of drugs seized by border agents, a new version of an annual defense bill making its way through D.C., and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-02) defending a vaccine database vote.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team covers the bills that became law this week, the number of GOP primary challengers this election season, growing calls for a fourth special session, a famous actor opting not to run for governor, COVID-19 infection rate comparisons at schools with and without mask mandates, the state threatening to pull $600 million from banks if they boycott fossil fuel companies, legislator retirements, 82 illegal aliens rescued from a stash house, Texas’ social media censorship law hitting a snag, how Texas cities were scored in LGBTQ inclusion rankings, an updated policing strategy in Harris County, and a look back in Texas history at the founding of the Texas Navy.

This week on The Texan’s shorter, holiday weekend edition of the “Weekly Roundup,” reporters Hayden Sparks and Daniel Friend discuss the most recent border apprehension numbers and state campaign finance reports.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team covers the latest in lawmaker retirements and campaign announcements, a state legislator switching parties, a federal investigation into a North Texas school district, a redistricting lawsuit in Harris County, a tragic instance of human smuggling at the border, discrepancies in COVID-19 vaccination data at the state and federal levels, photos of barbed wire fencing serving as the border wall shared by the governor, threatening remarks made at a Texas school board meeting, grand jury subpoenas issued in Harris County over a controversial vaccine outreach contract, more tracts of land purchased for the Panther Island project, and State Board of Education hearings on controversial curriculum.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team covers how critical race theory implications affected the November election, developments in the federal vaccine mandate lawsuits, a state representative opting to run for Congress, a congressman eyeing a run for attorney general, how illegal border crossing numbers in Texas are trending, the governor again wading into concern over obscene materials in public school libraries, Navy SEALs filing suit after being denied religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine, a dispute between rural telecom providers and the state which has led to rising costs for Texans reliant on remote service, a deputy sheriff being investigated for bribery, Elon Musk and Tesla adding to their Texas operations, and deer season opening in Texas.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team covers the results of the November 2 election — including police staffing in Austin, ballot propositions to amend the state constitution, House District 118, and bond packages throughout the state. Additionally, our team discusses more legislator retirements, the governor wading into the debate over “obscene” library books, the Democrats in the race for Texas attorney general, more drama on the Texas border, a vaccine mandate rescission from a Texas professional sports team, the state once again suing Biden over vaccine mandates, a new Texas Supreme Court nominee, and the latest redistricting lawsuits.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team discusses where the candidates for Texas attorney general stand on vaccine mandates, how the governor’s approach to the COVID-19 vaccine debacle has divided conservatives, how Texas House and Senate districts shifted politically since redistricting, a lawmaker asking public school libraries to report sexually explicit or racially charged books, a Texas city returning federal coronavirus aid, redistricting lawsuits, the remain in Mexico policy in limbo again, arguments about how a police staffing proposition would be funded, developments in a tribal gambling case, and community college enrollment dropping.