AudioWeekly Roundup Podcast: Rogue Democrats, a Texas Judge and DACA, Police Funding in Big Cities

Catch up on the week's hottest stories in Texas politics with the reporting team at The Texan.
July 23, 2021
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This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the reporting team discusses the looming special election in Texas’ 6th Congressional District, Texas Democrats contracting coronavirus while in D.C. in an attempt to kill GOP-backed election reform, a new candidate in the race for the 24th Congressional District, the GOP’s debate over stripping absent Democrats of their committee chairmanships, Abbott teasing an announcement on a sex-change procedure ban for minors, a Texas judge making moves on DACA, a ransomware attack in one Texas school district, the application for over $1 billion in property tax abatements promising a total of 19 jobs, and how police funding is faring in two of Texas’ biggest cities.

 

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Michelle Arledge

Michelle Arledge is the Marketing Manager for The Texan. Previously, she worked as the digital marketing manager for both the Manhattan Institute and City Journal magazine in New York City. A Dallas native, Michelle graduated from Baylor University in 2016 with a degree in political science. Outside of work, Michelle spends time worshipping coffee, singing show tunes, and hanging out with her husband and their two rescue dogs.