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This week on The Texan’s Weekly Roundup, the team discusses:

Former Gov. Rick Perry’s exclusive interview with The Texan on school choice
A House committee hearing testimony on a bill to legalize sports betting and some casinos
The House passing a bill to eliminate sales taxes on feminine hygiene products
The divide between House Democrats over a bill to remove “sexually explicit” books from public school libraries
Former President Trump criticizing his rival Ron DeSantis at his Waco rally
The movement of bills on transgender athletes in women’s sports and child gender modification
U.S. Senators from Texas Ted Cruz and John Cornyn working on designating a new interstate highway
The ongoing case of Army Sgt. Daniel Perry who shot and killed an Austin protester in 2020
The Austin Police Department’s new departures this month amid its existing attrition
The Texas DPS sending troopers to alleviate the stress of Austin’s police staffing crisis
A Texas man facing over a century in prison and a $4 million fine for COVID-19 loan fraud
Carroll ISD voting to leave the Texas Association of School Boards

Weekly Roundup - March 31, 2023