Weekly Roundup - February 10, 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. Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a review! 

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

• Speaker Dade Phelan releasing the committee assignments for the Texas House
• The new House Public Education committee chair school choice activists are optimistic about
• Illegal immigration reaching nearly 160,000 encounters in December 2022
• A state senator arrested in Austin on charges of drunk driving
• One lawmaker’s proposal to hold a statewide vote on legalizing sports betting and casinos
• A bill filed to preclude males from competing in collegiate women’s athletics
• Dallas County lawmakers’ legislative priorities for the 88th regular session
• A pair of bills to raise the age of consent and ban child gender modification
• The fight in the Legislature over ESG and the meaning of ‘fiduciary responsibility’
• A series of bills filed to improve school security and provide mass shooter training for law enforcement
• The ice storm that knocked out power for tens of thousands in Austin
• Ken Paxton’s prepared lawsuit over the endangered species status of the Lesser Prairie Chicken
• El Paso’s new policies to impede criminal investigations into abortion