Weekly Roundup - October 13, 2023

The Texan Podcast

English - October 13, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
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This week on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses:

The Legislature’s third special session House Speaker Dade Phelan saying school choice must come with raises for teachers The special session’s expected focus on border security, including a proposed state Border Protection Unit Sen. Brandon Creighton’s education savings accounts school choice plan passing the Senate education committee Sen. Mayes Middleton’s ban on private COVID-19 vaccine mandates advancing through committee The meeting between a conservative political organization and an antisemitic commentator that sparked a fight on Texas’ right The U.S. Supreme Court preparing to hear a Texas farmer’s Fifth Amendments rights case Sen. Ted Cruz raising over $5 million in the third fundraising quarter this year A poll showing strong support in Republican districts for school choice Attorney General Ken Paxton endorsing four Collin County Republicans challenging House incumbents