Weekly Roundup - May 10, 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:

• Molly Cook beating Rep. Jarvis Johnson to finish out the term in Senate District 15
• The Tarrant Appraisal District gaining three new elected board members
• One Harris County Appraisal District election heading to a June runoff
• Dallas voters approving $1.25 billion in bond propositions
• A look at other bonds and ballot propositions across Texas on the May 4 election
• Granbury ISD’s May 2024 bond failing and the Hood County Republican chair being arrested on felony charges
• Speaker Dade Phelan creating a new House subcommittee on “Hostile Foreign Organizations”
• Ted Cruz and Ronny Jackson proposing a bill to refund ranchers for lost livestock from Texas wildfires
• Carroll ISD passing a resolution denouncing the Biden administration’s Title IX changes
• The mayor of Baytown bringing back a defeated proposal to bail out a city-owned golf course project
• An update into the Austin Police Department’s opioid overdose outbreak investigation