Weekly Roundup - March 29, 2024

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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.

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This week, the team discusses:

• House Speaker Dade Phelan at the center of Texas’ Republican primary runoffs
• Oral arguments in the Supreme Court case over the abortion pill mifepristone
• Felony charges being dropped against Attorney General Ken Paxton after nine years
• Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger stepping down as chair of the Appropriations Committee
• A Texas House chairman’s thoughts on the chamber’s leadership and reforms to the rules
• Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses
• Five arrested for smuggling high-powered firearms to Mexican drug cartels
• Rising opioid overdoses and homicide rates in Austin and Travis County
• The race to chair the Republican Party of Texas, with moves being made behind the scenes
• Austin hiring as its next city manager T.C. Broadnax, the former city manager of Dallas
• The upcoming total solar eclipse that will run through Texas on April 8