Weekly Roundup - September 29, 2023

Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Texas flag hat with an annual subscription to The Texan: 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: Comptroller Glenn Hegar telling Attorney General Ken Paxton to petition the Texas Supreme Court for his back payThe “whistleblowers” who accused Paxton of corruption doubling down following his acquittalA federal judge ruling that drag shows do not necessarily fall under First Amendment-protected “expressive conduct”A federal judge ruling that Texas’ ban on drag shows with minors in attendance is unconstitutionalAbbott saying the special session agenda could include cracking down on illegal immigrant “colonies”Two elected local officials in Texas with felony convictions fighting to keep their officesDueling lawsuits over a Houston high school student disciplined for violating the school district’s hair length policyGeneral Electric suing a Texas recycling company over its dumping wind turbine blades in SweetwaterLaura Maczka Jordan and Mark Jordan’s bribery and fraud convictions upheld in appeals courtSturm, Ruger and Co. writing a letter to Texas lawmakers over alleged discrimination from Wells FargoAnd more.