Weekly Roundup - January 12, 2024

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:Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign stops on behalf of Republican candidates who supported school choiceThe candidate challenging a Texas Supreme Court justice seeking the incumbent’s removal from the ballotThe Texas Nationalist Movement asking the Texas Supreme Court to put its TEXIT proposition on the state GOP ballotGov. Greg Abbott raising $13 million in the second half of 2023The residency challenge against candidate Brent Hagenbuch for Senate District 30 being postponedAttorney General Ken Paxton asking the Texas Supreme Court to enforce last year’s $3.3 million whistleblower settlementTexas’ licensing regular announcing steps it is taking to combat human traffickingU.S. Housing and Urban Development reporting that homelessness rose in Texas in 2023ERCOT saying that Texas’ power grid is prepared for the cold front next weekThe Texas A&M president pushing back against a report criticizing its partnership with QatarSpecial prosecutors being named in the case against Smith County Clerk Karen PhillipsThe National Championship game expected to bring 100,000 people and $200 million to Houston