Weekly Roundup - May 5, 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: Protestors escorted out of the Capitol after disrupting consideration of the House’s child gender modification banAfter a days-long manhunt with an $80,000 reward, an illegal alien arrested on suspicion of murdering five people in ClevelandDemocratic Congressman Colin Allred announcing his campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Ted CruzFormer President Donald Trump weighing in on Texas’ appraisal reform debateAttorney General Ken Paxton investigating COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers for deceptive trade practicesThe Save Women Sports’ Act receiving contentious testimony in a House committeeA Palestine city councilwoman running for mayor prompts a new ordinance with candidacy-threatening deferred taxesPolitical controversy in Palestine as mayoral candidates defend themselves from criticismPower grid regulators send a message to the Legislature that more dispatchable power is neededA border security rally at the Texas Capitol complete with a Ted Nugent performanceThe Senate approving a standard policy for “human sexuality instruction” in classroomsThe House passing a bill to raise standards on law enforcement for civil asset forfeiture