The Texan Podcast

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The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion.

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This week, the team discusses:

• House Speaker Dade Phelan at the center of Texas’ Republican primary runoffs
• Oral arguments in the Supreme Court case over the abortion pill mifepristone
• Felony charges being dropped against Attorney General Ken Paxton after nine years
• Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger stepping down as chair of the Appropriations Committee
• A Texas House chairman’s thoughts on the chamber’s leadership and reforms to the rules
• Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses
• Five arrested for smuggling high-powered firearms to Mexican drug cartels
• Rising opioid overdoses and homicide rates in Austin and Travis County
• The race to chair the Republican Party of Texas, with moves being made behind the scenes
• Austin hiring as its next city manager T.C. Broadnax, the former city manager of Dallas
• The upcoming total solar eclipse that will run through Texas on April 8

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Senator Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) sat down with The Texan’s reporter Matt Stringer to discuss Senate Bill (SB) 4, the border security legislation that Republican lawmakers passed last year that is currently caught up in an ongoing court battle.

SB 4 was authored by Perry in the Senate and Rep. David Spiller (R-Jacksboro) in the House, and passed during the fourth special session in November.

“It’s very clear the states have the right to defend themselves, and that’s the heart of SB 4,” said Perry. “We’re not challenging federal supremacy. We’re saying you got supremacy. You just chose not to do anything with it. We’re going to take that role for you.”

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The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion.

Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a review! Got questions for the reporting team? Email [email protected] — they just might be answered on a future podcast.

This week, the team discusses:

• State Rep. Tom Oliverson announcing his run for speaker of the Texas House
• The legal twists and turns over Texas’ Senate Bill 4 that would criminalize illegal immigration at the state level
• Mexico declaring it will not accept illegal immigrants sent back to Mexico under SB 4
• Tucker Carlson criticizing Gov. Greg Abbott at a Tarrant County Republican event over the southern border
• A Colombian illegal immigrant connected to a cartel found with torture images on his phone
• A Lebanese illegal immigrant claiming to be a Hezbollah terrorist
• The Texas Permanent School Fund cutting its ties with the asset manager BlackRock
• Texas having eight of the 10 fastest-growing counties in the United States
• Abbott’s comment on a social media video criticizing private equity firms in the residential market

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The Texan’s Daily Rundown brings you a quick recap of the latest stories in Texas politics so you can stay informed with news you can trust.

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The Texan’s Daily Rundown brings you a quick recap of the latest stories in Texas politics so you can stay informed with news you can trust.

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