Weekly Roundup - June 9, 2023

Get a FREE “Fake News Stops Here” mug when you buy an annual subscription to The Texan: https://go.thetexan.news/mug-fake-news-stops-here-2022/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=weekly_roundup <br/><br/>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. Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a review! <br/><br/>Got questions for the reporting team? Email editor@thetexan.news — they just might be answered on a future podcast. <br/><br/>This week on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calling Abbott’s plan to abolish property taxes a “fantasy”The lawyers for Attorney General Ken Paxton appearing at the Texas GOP headquarters to criticize his impeachmentBrian Harrison asking Gov. Greg Abbott to add vaccine mandate bans to the special session agendaSen. Ted Cruz criticizing a new law in Uganda that increases criminal penalties for homosexualityAbbott signing into law a ban on child gender modification in TexasThe replacement for the state’s Chapter 313 school district tax break programA slate of new public safety laws that cracks down on street racing and “rogue district attorneys”The journey of bill to expand police records disclosures to the governor’s deskThe Legislature’s market reforms to the state’s ERCOT power grid before the sweltering summerA new alternative to the Texas Association of School BoardsTwo Houston women sentenced to a decade each for drug trafficking and conspiracy<br/>