Weekly Roundup - September 2, 2022

Want to support reporting on Texas politics that doesn’t include the spin? Subscribe at 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 on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses: Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s last State of the City addressThe former Athens mayor facing prison for sending obscene content to what he believed was a 15-year-old girlTexas Democrats putting abortion at the center of their campaigns23 Texas Republicans’ failed petition to knock Libertarian candidates off the ballotThe Port of Corpus Christi’s future as it marks 100 years of serviceGovernor Greg Abbott rejecting proposals to ban firearms for adults under 21Texas’ plan to spend $85 billion on transportation construction projectsThe State Board of Education scrapping its social studies standards draftsAccused MS-13 gang members facing the death sentenceBorder agents in the Rio Grande Valley rescuing people from stash houses