Weekly Roundup - November 24, 2023

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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:

• Gov. Greg Abbott endorsing former President Donald Trump for 2024
• Abbott jumping in to Texas House primaries after school choice was defeated on the floor
• Texas State University in San Marcos hosting the first 2024 presidential debate
• The State Board of Education debating the presence of climate change and evolution in Texas textbooks
• Rep. Andrew Murr, leader of the Paxton impeachment, announcing he won’t run for re-election
• Texas DPS seizing firearms and ammunition from four suspected human smugglers arrested near El Paso
• ERCOT canceling its request for an additional 3,000 MW of power for the upcoming winter
• The Texas Office of the Attorney General suing Pfizer and Tris Pharma over the ADHD drug Quillivant
• The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963
• Texas claiming the title of first Thanksgiving for a Spanish colonist in 1598