Weekly Roundup - February 3, 2023

03/02/2023 1h 9min
Weekly Roundup - February 3, 2023

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Get a FREE “Fake News Stops Here” mug when you buy an annual subscription to The Texan: https://go.thetexan.news/mug-fake-news-stops-here-2022/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=weekly_roundup 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: Gov. Greg Abbott appointing a full-time border security “czar”Abbott’s support for “education savings accounts” as a school choice proposalOne Texas lawmaker’s goal to sunset the Texas Sunset CommissionLawsuits against a federal ATF rule that would criminalize possession of pistol braces in some statesA possible settlement in the lawsuit of “whistleblowers” against Attorney General Ken PaxtonA criticism of public education lobbyists by school choice advocates over inconsistency in their agendaA new bill requiring companies to label products containing ‘human fetal tissue’The Texas oil and gas industry’s recovery last year from its fall in 2021A provocative drag event in North Texas where children were in the audienceAn East Texas judge whose murder spree shocked a small town ten years agoPower outages in Central Texas during the winter storm