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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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.
