Weekly Roundup - May 19, 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: The House passing a ban on biological males competing against women in intercollegiate sportsThe House’s version of the Senate’s property tax plan, featuring major changes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sending state officers to Texas to address the border crisisGov. Greg Abbott threatening a special session to pass school choice The release of the Legislature’s conference committee on the state budgetThe Senate taking up a House bill to prohibit banks from specially tracking firearm purchasesA Houston Democratic club censoring a lawmaker after she voted to ban child gender modificationThe Legislature sending its local government preemption bill to the governor’s deskLt. Gov. Dan Patrick saying the Senate will not consider legalizing casinos and sports bettingHouse members pushing forward an alternative plan to subsidizing natural gas power plantsA bill to expand state surveillance on jewelry purchases criticized by civil liberties groupsTexas lawmakers turning to procedural “points of order” to kill each other’s bills as session comes to close