Weekly Roundup - December 15, 2023

Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Gonzales Flag t-shirt 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. This week, the team discusses:A Texas House Democrat running to primary Democratic Sen. Nathan Johnson in 2024A Texas woman fleeing the state after the Supreme Court stayed her medical restraining order to Texas’ laws against abortionThe Texas Secretary of State arguing that legal challenges to the November constitutional amendment election are mootOne renewable company’s challenge to a new state electricity pricing order before the Texas Supreme CourtThe plaintiff seeking to oust Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza revealed as having a prior felony charge for methA Dallas councilwoman’s proposed changes to the city charter, including lifetime term limitsUniversity of Texas faculty members signing a letter expressing “deep concern” for the free speech of pro-Palestine studentsConservative megadonor Tim Dunn selling his shale company CrownRock for $12 billionTech billionaire Elon Musk looking to start his own university in AustinA billboard in El Paso promoting San Francisco as a “sanctuary city”