Weekly Roundup - April 28, 2023
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- The Texan
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- Fri 28 Apr 2023
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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!
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This week on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses:
- The beginning of early voting in the May elections for local officials and bonds
- The $26.6 billion in local bonds on the May ballot, over 90 percent of which are from school districts
- The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily allowing an abortion drug to remain on the market amid its legal case
- A House committee considering eliminating franchise and business personal property taxes
- Border numbers from March as Title 42 is still in effect
- The Senate creating a new Office of School Safety and Security in response to school shootings
- The House passing a bill to to require armed guards on school campuses
- The House formalizing the legislative redistricting maps drawn in 2021
- The Senate sending the House its plan for reforming the state’s ERCOT energy market in the wake of the 2021 blackouts
- The Senate passing priority legislation to end professor tenure at public universities
- A bill to increase online protections for children regarding content and user agreements
- Free speech advocates accusing certain legal reforms of weakening free speech protections
- The Senate passing a bill to make doctors who provide gender modification treatment liable for the lifetime health of their patients
