Weekly Roundup - August 4, 2023

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

• Ken Paxton’s attorneys filing a motion to dismiss 19 of the suspended attorney general’s 20 impeachment charges
• The potential endangered species designation that could hinder Gov. Greg Abbott’s Rio Grande buoy barrier system
• Oklahoma sending its National Guard troops to assist Texas with securing the southern border
• The Texas DPS having rescued over 900 children from human smuggling and trafficking through the southern border
• Parker County as a microcosm of the state’s 2024 Republican primary elections
• The beginning of the first of 21 election contests over Harris County’s 2022 general elections
• A Title IX investigation into Garland ISD revealing “shockingly inadequate” compliance with student safety standards
• The ongoing conflict between Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and HISD Superintendent Mike Miles
• The SMU graduate suing the university over its shift to online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic
• A poll of likely Houston voters showing crime as a top issue going in to the city’s mayoral election
• A new law that prohibits hunting in river beds over concerns for private property rights
• Texas having nearly $9,000 in local government debt for each resident of the state
• The $142 million Houston-based Medicare fraud scheme that ended in three arrests