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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! 

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This week on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses: 

• Gov. Greg Abbott appointing a full-time border security “czar”
• Abbott’s support for “education savings accounts” as a school choice proposal
• One Texas lawmaker’s goal to sunset the Texas Sunset Commission
• Lawsuits against a federal ATF rule that would criminalize possession of pistol braces in some states
• A possible settlement in the lawsuit of “whistleblowers” against Attorney General Ken Paxton
• A criticism of public education lobbyists by school choice advocates over inconsistency in their agenda
• A new bill requiring companies to label products containing ‘human fetal tissue’
• The Texas oil and gas industry’s recovery last year from its fall in 2021
• A provocative drag event in North Texas where children were in the audience
• An East Texas judge whose murder spree shocked a small town ten years ago
• Power outages in Central Texas during the winter storm

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This panel was about the Texas grid and energy policies. Our senior reporter, Brad Johnson, moderated the discussion between State Sens. Kelly Hancock and Nathan Johnson, and Reps. Jared Patterson and Charles Cunningham. 

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In this special edition of The Texan's podcast, we play back a recording from our 88th Session Kickoff on Jan. 24. This particular panel was a one-on-one conversation with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. We covered his priorities in the Texas Senate this legislative session, his plans for the future, the momentum school choice is enjoying so far this year, and the dynamic between the House and the Senate. 

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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 on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses: 

• Patrick revealing that he is “absolutely” running for reelection in 2026 at our 88th Session Kickoff event and his thoughts on the Senate’s legislative priorities and relationship with the House
• The state unemployment rate falling below four percent for the first time since February 2020
• Gov. Abbott calling the Senate’s $15 billion property tax relief plan “a good start”
• Patrick releasing his committee assignments and chairmanships for the Senate this session
• A new Exxon Mobil refinery expansion boosting output by 250,000 barrels of oil per day
• A South Texas sheriff asking law enforcement in Texas and other states for help with the border crisis
• A report on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices at the University of Texas at Austin
• Controversy over a bill to prevent citizens and governments of hostile nations from acquiring land in Texas
• A federal judge in Dallas sentencing a human trafficker to 25 years in prison

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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 on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses: 

• Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick taking their oaths of office 
• The proposals to increase homestead and business exemptions at the inauguration
• Abbott saying he is not “ruling in” a 2024 presidential run
• Patrick claiming that he and Abbott are “all in” on school choice
• Republicans’ election bills to empower Attorney General Ken Paxton to prosecute election fraud
• Paxton filing a brief on behalf of the Texas Nationalist Movement in their lawsuit against Facebook
• Patrick calling exceptions to Texas’ abortion ban “unlikely” this session
• Congressmen Chip Roy and Tony Gonzales sparring over a Republican border security bill’s effect on asylum
• Gonzales filing his own bill for funding a border security grant program
• UT Austin banning TikTok on university-issued devices and university Wi-Fi networks
• State Rep. Erin Zwiener filing a climate change bill and “Action Plan” for Texas

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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! 

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This week on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses: 

• The beginning of the Texas Legislature’s 88th regular session 
• The changes coming to the Texas Senate for the session
• Dade Phelan handily defeating Tony Tinderholt for the Texas House speakership
• Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s projected budget surplus growing from $27 to $33 billion
• Phelan’s list of priorities for the legislative session over the next 140 days
• The Texas House adopting rules that do not ban or restrict Democratic committee chairs
• Gov. Greg Abbott announcing over 300,000 illegal aliens arrested via Operation Lone Star
• Abbott supporting the ERCOT market redesign and his opinion on getting the Legislature’s input
• Texas Republicans’ criticism of President Biden’s El Paso visit to the southern border
• A Texas Republican filing articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

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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 on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses: 

• The themes to watch for the 88th Legislative Session
• Legislative priorities for West Texas in the 2023 session
• Rep. Jared Patterson’s bill on parental information rights and school gender instruction
• Speaker Phelan pushing back on Trump’s words about the GOP’s midterm performance
• A federal judge ruling against spending in the Texas Speaker of the House race
• Kevin McCarthy’s failure to secure the U.S. speakership in the first round of voting
• A federal investigation into Granbury ISD for its removal of certain books from library shelves
• The Texas Supreme Court rejecting a petition from Jeff Younger over California’s “trans refuge” law
• President Biden saying he would visit the southern border for the first time in his presidency
• The ongoing dispute between the City of Kemah and its own mayor

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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 on a special edition of The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team discusses some of the top stories of 2022 and a glimpse at things to watch as we enter the new year. 

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This week, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX-08) joined The Texan’s regional reporter Kim Roberts to discuss Brady’s 26-year tenure in the nation’s Capitol as he retires at the end of the 117th United States Congress. 

Brady discussed his accomplishments in Congress, such as those involving trade, the oil and gas industry, and his opposition to a high-speed rail project between Dallas and Houston. 

He also discussed what policies the next House Ways and Means Committee chairman should prioritize and the transition from his office to Representative-elect Morgan Luttrell. 

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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 on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses: 

• The CEO of ERCOT asserting that the power grid is prepared for coming winter weather
• Supreme Court Justice John Roberts staying the decision to end Title 42
• The State of Texas withdrawing its appeal from a court ruling that adults under 21 can carry handguns
• A federal judge invalidating Homeland Security’s termination of “Remain in Mexico”
• Sen. Ted Cruz holding nominations to secure natural gas export permits
• Sen. John Cornyn casting doubt on “invasion” rhetoric concerning the southern border
• A state legislator filing a “Hyde Amendment” for gender modification
• State Sen. Roland Gutierrez filing a bill to require active shooting training for all law enforcement
• A Texas representative filing a ban on university Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offices
• Republicans’ criticisms of the omnibus spending bill for its limits on border security funding
• The Karnes County sheriff and others switching parties from the Democrats to the GOP
• Lawyers for an Austin police officer in a shooting case asking to present evidence to the grand jury
• The best Christmas destinations in Texas for 2022