Weekly Roundup - March 31, 2023

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: Former Gov. Rick Perry’s exclusive interview with The Texan on school choiceA House committee hearing testimony on a bill to legalize sports betting and some casinosThe House passing a bill to eliminate sales taxes on feminine hygiene productsThe divide between House Democrats over a bill to remove “sexually explicit” books from public school librariesFormer President Trump criticizing his rival Ron DeSantis at his Waco rallyThe movement of bills on transgender athletes in women’s sports and child gender modificationU.S. Senators from Texas Ted Cruz and John Cornyn working on designating a new interstate highwayThe ongoing case of Army Sgt. Daniel Perry who shot and killed an Austin protester in 2020The Austin Police Department’s new departures this month amid its existing attritionThe Texas DPS sending troopers to alleviate the stress of Austin’s police staffing crisisA Texas man facing over a century in prison and a $4 million fine for COVID-19 loan fraudCarroll ISD voting to leave the Texas Association of School Boards