This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team discusses:
- The Texas Senate passing and sending to the House its property tax relief plan
- New bills to rein in the governor’s emergency powers and ban vaccine mandates
- A Texas lawmaker’s bill to crack down on politicized “public nuisance” lawsuits
- Attorney General Ken Paxton claiming Texas’ “Blaine amendments” violate the First Amendment
- Paxton criticizing the request for a timeline for him to pay a settlement to the “whistleblowers” suing him
- The Legislature considering bills to encourage investment in “carbon capture” technologies
- A spike in reported Chinese nationals being stopped at the southern border
- A House ballot access bill serving as the proxy fight between factions of the Texas GOP
- New lawsuits setting new precedent on public information law requests
- The Municipal Utility Districts boasting millions of dollars in debt across Texas
- A parent’s accusation that her child’s middle school had the students participate in a “sexualized” role-playing game
- A Gulf Cartel-connected cocaine trafficker receiving 15 years in prison
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Daniel Friend
Daniel Friend is the Marketing and Media Manager for The Texan. After graduating with a double-major in Political Science and Humanities, he wrote for The Texan as a reporter through June 2022. In his spare time, you're likely to find him working on The Testimony of Calvin Lewis, an Abolition of Man-inspired novel and theatrical podcast.
