Weekly Roundup - August 1, 2025

01/08/2025 1h 8min
Weekly Roundup - August 1, 2025

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Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free "Remember the Alamo" hat with an annual subscription to The Texan: https://thetexan.news/subscribe/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.Texas Republicans Propose 5-Seat Gain Congressional Map in Redistricting FightNational Democrats Ramp Up Presence in Texas, Opposing Mid-Decade RedistrictingTexas Senate Passes Hemp-Derived THC Ban on Second ReadingTexas House Files Identical Hemp-Derived THC Ban Bill as SenateTexas Lawmakers Begin Preparing Hill Country Flood Response, Kerrville Hearing to ComeHouston ICE Arrests Over 200 Illegal Aliens With Child Sex Offenses Over Six Monthsallas Residents Threaten to Sue City Over 133 Ordinances Violating 'Death Star' LawSamsung Plant in Texas to Develop Tesla AI Chips, Abbott Applauds $16.5 Billion MoveU.S. Department of Education to Release $6.8 Billion in Federal Funds, $660 Million to TexasMuleshoe National Wildlife Refuge Protected From ‘Federal Land Grab’ via Trump Energy Order