Weekly Roundup - August 30, 2024

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

• Cruz and Allred Hit the Road in Competitive, Expensive Senate Race
• Abbott Announces Over One Million People Removed From Texas Voter Rolls
• Interview: Gov. Abbott Talks Voter Roll Purge and ‘Repeat Offender’ Harris County
• Texas, 15 Other States Granted Temporary Stay in Lawsuit Against New Homeland Security 'Parole in Place' Rule
• Cruz Requests Answers from Homeland Security Secretary About Illegal Immigrant Flights, Airport Security
• Texas Speaker Dade Phelan Announces School Choice Support, Other Priorities After New Chief of Staff Hire
• Texas Department of Public Safety Finalizes Contract for 'Tangles' Surveillance Tool
• Dan Patrick Launches New PAC to Grow, Support GOP Majority in Texas Senate
• UT System and Institutions Should Not Take Official Social, Political Positions, Board of Regents Says
• Airplane Crash Victim Families Ask Texas Court to Dismiss Boeing’s ‘Morally Reprehensible’ Plea Deal