Weekly Roundup - August 25, 2023

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This week on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses: 

• Ken Paxton reportedly on the Texas House impeachment team’s witness list
• Gov. Greg Abbott speaks on southern border with four other governors
• A former judge declines to help Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick preside over Paxton trial
• Austin’s chief of police announces retirement
• Tickets required for members of the public to sit in on Paxton’s impeachment trial
• Planned Parenthood faces Medicaid fraud lawsuit that could cost $1.8 billion
• Conroe ISD voters see $2 billion bond on their November ballot
• Appellate court revives Texas Bar disciplinary action against first assistant attorney general
• Instagram account puts up billboard in Austin to protest the state’s “drag ban”
• Texas Young Republicans disassociates from the state GOP over comments from Chairman Matt Rinaldi
• Man sued over comment criticizing a teacher advising students to call pedophiles “minor-attracted persons”

And more.