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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 debate between Austin’s mayoral candidates over the homeless, police, and more 
• A pro-casino PAC donating over $100,000 to Republicans and Democrats alike
• Comptroller Hegar calling for stronger laws against children attending sexualized events
• Federal prison sentences for drug traffickers, one of whom was a Mexican government official
• An audit of Brownsville’s proposed power plant revealing false pretenses for rate hikes
• A former Texas school principal being found not guilty on charges of official oppression and evidence tampering   
• Brazos County commissioners taking a page of out Harris County’s book with a quorum bust
• How local officials throughout Texas enforce gambling laws differently regarding game rooms
• Corpus Christi’s new wildlife rescue center adjacent to the Texas State Aquarium
• The admonishment of a Texas judge for referring to COVID-19 as the “China virus”

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This week, senior reporter Brad Johnson interviewed Railroad Commission Chairman Wayne Christian. They discussed the Texas oil and gas industry, the Biden administration’s regulation of the industry, and his race for a second term on the commission.

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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: 

• A judge vacating Biden Administration Rules Allowing Transgender Bathroom Use and Child Gender Modification
• The Fifth Circuit ruling the Biden Administration’s ‘Pause’ on Federal Land Drilling May Continue
• The New York City Mayor Lashing Out as Texas Sends Thousands of Noncitizens to the Big Apple
• The GOP Focusing On Public Safety in Harris County ahead of November
• $21 Billion in Local Bonds on Ballots Across Texas
• 600,000 Illegal Immigrants Evading Capture at the Southern Border 
• Houston ISD Challenging the Texas Education Agency in State Supreme Court over an Attempt to Oust the Board
• Wells Fargo Receiving a $5 Million State Grant to Build a $455 Million Campus in Irving
• San Antonio Firing the Police Officer Who Shot an Unarmed Teen After Mistaking His Identity

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This week, senior reporter Hayden Sparks interviewed Congressman Michael Cloud (R-TX-27). They discussed the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, the growing federal database of federal firearm sales records, and what Cloud would like to see happen in Congress if Republicans win a majority of seats in the House of Representatives this November. 

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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 one and only governor’s race debate between Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke
• A federal judge allowing Texas’ lawsuit to exempt Texas-made suppressors from federal regulation to continue
• An appeals court ruling the Texas secretary of state can withhold an 11,000-name long list of potential noncitizens
• The Texas Lottery breaking its all-time sales record for the 12th year in a row
• Austin’s Director of the Office of Police Oversight leaving after nine months of maternity leave
• A national guardsman committing suicide in Eagle Pass
• Abbott filling a new school safety office created after the Uvalde shooting
• A lawsuit over potential fraud in an election over water fluoridation in Fredericksburg
• An independent report showing the Bexar County jail meets its regulatory requirements
• The trial beginning in a suit over Amarillo approving over a quarter billion in debt without voter approval
• A state judge halting a utility board election after claims the wrong members were put on the ballot
• Two Guatemalan men pleading guilty to deadly human smuggling charges

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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: 

• Paxton’s reaction to claims he ran from a courier serving him a subpoena
• The indefinite suspension of a San Antonio City Council member
• The City of Houston hosting its second gun buyback event
• Frisco ISD only removing a fraction of supposedly explicit books challenged by a Texas lawmaker
• The Texas power grid’s performance during the summer
• The State Board of Education voting to comply with the state ban on teaching critical race theory
• The Texas pensions that invested in companies deemed “fossil fuel boycotters” by the comptroller
• Governor Abbott’s Republican primary opponents supporting him ahead of November
• Rochelle Garza pledging her support for legal abortion and her criticism of Ken Paxton
• A Republican state senator coming out in favor of certain gun restrictions and abortion exceptions
• Republican Railroad Commission primary candidate Sarah Stogner endorsing the Democratic nominee
• A Republican judge denying Paxton as attorney general has the right to prosecute election fraud

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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: 

• Governor Abbott’s executive order designating fentanyl-trafficking organizations as terrorists
• El Paso’s system for busing noncitizens to sanctuary cities throughout the country
• A police reform activist going after his former ally, the mayor of Austin
• Attorney General Paxton asking Biden to declare fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction”
• A district court’s ruling that prohibitions on purchasing firearms for those under felony indictment are unconstitutional
• The Bexar county sheriff opening an investigation into Florida governor Ron DeSantis
• The BlackRock CEO touting decarbonization and ESG at a Clinton Global Initiative meeting
• Republicans alleging political interference in the Hunter Biden investigation
• An update in the case about Texas’ prohibition on 18-20 year olds carrying handguns
• The historic number of illegal immigrants apprehended so far this fiscal year
• The Migrant Resource Center in San Antonio flooding the local area with people who crossed the border
• A federal court upholding Texas’ law against social media censorship

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This week, Holly Hansen interviewed Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston). They discussed the big elections in Harris County, the ongoing fight over taxes at the commissioners court, how rising crime might affect the outcomes of races, and a glimpse at the upcoming legislative session.

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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: 

• Operation Lone Star arresting over 300,000 illegal immigrants since March 2021
• Senate Democrats pulling a big tech and journalism bill after an amendment was passed
• Texas House Republicans’ letter to the Secretary of Education over Title IX
• Amarillo approving new debt to fund its civic center without voter approval
• The Dallas City Council debating how to staff a new city government office
• A frenzied Frisco ISD board meeting over bathroom policy and gun storage
• Dan Patrick’s campaign responding to criticism of the lieutenant governor’s former investments
• Governor Abbott’s strong words in defense of Texas’ abortion law
• Mayra Flores’ Democratic opponent claiming she “stole” her special election
• A lawsuit against Texas A&M over claims of racial discrimination against white and Asian men

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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: 

• Dan Patrick’s response to his Democratic opponent’s endorsement from a Republican judge
• BlackRock relaxing its investment policy in response to state investigation
• Veterans Affairs expanding abortion access even in states with laws against abortion
• The end of the Department of Homeland Security’s “Disinformation Governance Board”
• E-cigarette manufacturer JUUL’s multi-million dollar payout to the state
• The Biden administration’s final rule to preserve DACA
• Back-and-forth over Texas’ law mandating donated “In God We Trust” signs displayed in public schools
• The expectations and recommendations for the Texas power grid
• Texas starting to bus illegal immigrants to Chicago
• Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow speaking at an Andrews County event costing $60,000