Weekly Roundup - September 23, 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: Governor Abbott’s executive order designating fentanyl-trafficking organizations as terroristsEl Paso’s system for busing noncitizens to sanctuary cities throughout the countryA police reform activist going after his former ally, the mayor of AustinAttorney General Paxton asking Biden to declare fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction”A district court’s ruling that prohibitions on purchasing firearms for those under felony indictment are unconstitutionalThe Bexar county sheriff opening an investigation into Florida governor Ron DeSantisThe BlackRock CEO touting decarbonization and ESG at a Clinton Global Initiative meetingRepublicans alleging political interference in the Hunter Biden investigationAn update in the case about Texas’ prohibition on 18-20 year olds carrying handgunsThe historic number of illegal immigrants apprehended so far this fiscal yearThe Migrant Resource Center in San Antonio flooding the local area with people who crossed the borderA federal court upholding Texas’ law against social media censorship