The Texan Podcast

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses the conservative trend in last weekend’s school board races, the results of over 200 bond proposals on ballots, a San Antonio school official pressuring employees to vote for a bond, Gov. Greg Abbott inching closer to support for school vouchers, developments in Texas’ social media censorship law, the attorney general joining suppor...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses the latest on the leaked Roe v. Wade Supreme Court opinion — including what the reversal of Roe would mean in Texas and how officials on both sides of the aisle are reacting, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) holding a federal nominee at bay, ranking of Texas members of Congress according to how often they vote by proxy, a local election is forc...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses what’s on the ballot on the May 7 elections, the tragic passing of a Texas national guardsman, Abbott and Patrick finally chiming in on the whistleblower lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton, a two-year-old Honduran boy rescued by border agents, the donation of three Bitcoin mining machines to the City of Fort Worth, the argu...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses Austin considering a universal basic income program, revelations about the state-funded Liberty Institute at UT, state officials debating whether the border crisis counts as an “invasion,” Wendy Davis filing a lawsuit against the Texas Heartbeat Act, home appraisals in the Austin area skyrocketing, arrests of illegal immigrants at t...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses Sen. Ted Cruz endorsing opposite candidates of the governor, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and Gov. Greg Abbott trading critiques of border policies, a new agreement between Texas and a Mexican state, a rule change from the Biden administration on ATF gun records, controversy surrounding a woman convicted of capital murder, en...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses Gov. Abbott announcing voluntary bus rides for illegal aliens to Washington, D.C., Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick saying he’s “done with Disney,” the governor endorsing in GOP runoffs and how that support is at odds with his pro-school choice statements, the Chick-fil-A and San Antonio airport controversy making headlines once again, a state...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses Starbucks unionizing in Texas, a city revisiting a local ban on abortion after rejecting one in 2020, illegal immigration numbers in Biden’s first year in office, the president of one of the world’s largest financial companies addressing an accusation of divesting from fossil fuel businesses, controversy surrounding Title 42 and its...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses the Texas senators questioning Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Beto O’Rourke making contradictory statements on the campaign trail, a new poll regarding Hispanic Texans’ opinions on border security, allegations of misconduct at a Bastrop shelter for female sex trafficking victims, a redistricting challenge making its way to the Supreme...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses the second anniversary of Governor Abbott’s COVID-19 disaster declaration, the head of the Texas Military Department being switched out amid controversy, a spike in youth suicides in the pandemic years, a pro-gambling PAC donating to Texas candidates, a recount being called for by a Texas House challenger, Texas’ senators criticizin...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses Beto O'Rourke being sued by an energy CEO and Gov. Greg Abbott donor, a major hospital opting against conducting sex-change drug treatments for minors, a congressman aiming to destroy ATF firearm records, the Texas House speaker’s effort to support some GOP incumbents, Abbott examining teacher shortages despite record high empl...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses the results of the 2022 primary election in Texas. What was the most shocking upset? What was the closest call? What are our biggest takeaways? What can we expect going into the November midterms? We talk through all the details and break down the state’s most notable races and results. We also talk through notable tweets from the w...

On this episode of our "Weekly Roundup" podcast, the reporting team discusses  state officials revisiting the issue of puberty blockers and transitional surgeries for minors, a Republican race centered around police unions, attorneys for the indicted Austin police officers going to bat for their clients, the Austin Public Library paying students to attend sex-ed seminars, Ken Paxton’s fo...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses the start of early voting, AOC campaigning in the state, a Texas congressman aiming to cancel student loan debt, the federal government donating border wall materials, a new lawsuit from Texas challenging another of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 policies, the race to replace Congressman Louie Gohmert, Texas suing Facebook agai...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses the weekend’s winter storm and how the grid weathered, a Republican congressman pushing back on vaccine mandate funding, overcrowding at border facilities, South Texas districts that Republicans are eyeing, campaign updates, a Texas congressman making allegations against Capitol Police, Austin police officers under investigation for...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses Trump’s Conroe rally and the Texas officials in attendance, updates on the energy grid in light of the cold front hitting the state, how abortion numbers have fared since implementation of the Heartbeat bill, a Laredo border chief at odds with his guardsmen, a congressman expressing concerns about a registry of gun owners to a feder...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses a response from the Texas military addressing accusations levied at the department, how Texas suppressor manufacturers are responding to a new state law meant to exempt them from federal regulation, candidates refusing an endorsement from an advocacy group, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick throwing their weight behind recon...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses new fundraising numbers in Texas’ hottest campaigns, a top state official’s consultant being indicted for theft, the stances GOP gubernatorial candidates have taken on property tax reform, details surrounding suicides in the National Guard and criticisms levied at Governor Abbott, the Texas Supreme Court looking to weigh in on the l...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses Abbott officially launching his reelection campaign, a county Republican party censuring the governor, a lawsuit against Rice University over a “conspiracy” that privileges wealthy students, the latest Omicron numbers in Texas, a rundown of the latest border stories, the sanctuary cities for the unborn movement continuing to gain tr...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses Beto O’Rourke blaming the governor for child COVID hospitalizations, Abbott suing the Biden administration, a federal judge blocking a vaccine and mask mandate for the Head Start program, the state announcing a shortage in monoclonal antibody treatments, a lawsuit over vaccine requirements for Navy SEALs sees progress, new state law...

This week on a special edition of  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses some of the top stories of 2021 — from the freeze to the quorum bust, the border crisis to redistricting — we cover all this and more as the year comes to an end.

This week on a special edition of  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses some Texas Christmas stories, including an ill-fated 1927 bank robbery by Santa in the town of Cisco, a look back at the Cowboys’ Christmas Ball in Anson, and some classic Texas Christmas music.

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team discusses the field of candidates running for lieutenant governor, the attorney general opening up an investigation into certain pharmaceutical companies regarding puberty blockers, a certain “Rick Perry” running for governor, a new redistricting lawsuit, a fatal car chase resulting from a human smuggling attempt, Congress opting to raise the...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team talks through the Biden administration suing Texas over redistricting, the attorney general weighing in on gender modification procedures for minors, four Texas Democrats taking a stance opposite of the White House, recent border rescues by Customs and Border Protection agents, some Texas school mask mandates remaining, state officials wrestl...

This week on  The Texan ’s “ Weekly Roundup ,” the team covers the bills that became law this week, the number of GOP primary challengers this election season, growing calls for a fourth special session, a famous actor opting not to run for governor, COVID-19 infection rate comparisons at schools with and without mask mandates, the state threatening to pull $600 million from banks if they boycott...

This week on  The Texan ’s shorter, holiday weekend edition of the “ Weekly Roundup ,” reporters Hayden Sparks and Daniel Friend discuss the most recent border apprehension numbers and state campaign finance reports.