Weekly Roundup - August 12, 2022

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team discusses Governor Greg Abbott accusing President Joe Biden of “squelching dissent” with an FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, Abbott’s offer to hire FBI agents dissatisfied with the organization, a former Richardson mayor sentenced to prison for corruption, the Texas Comptroller’s investigation into a bar that hosted a “drag for kids” event, an unauthorized and possibly illegal performance of the hit musical Hamilton, the city of Reno’s upcoming vote on whether or not to disincorporate itself, a conflict between Governor Abbott and the agricultural commissioner over the Texas power grid, the upcoming debate between Abbott and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O’ Rourke, Texas Republicans petitioning to have some Libertarian candidates removed from the November ballot, Republican Faith Johnson outraising her Democratic opponent for Dallas district attorney, a court ruling for how the University of North Texas charges tuition to illegal immigrants, and Wise County joining other counties in declaring an invasion on the southern border.

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