Weekly Roundup - July 21, 2023

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

• Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issuing a gag order on all parties in the Ken Paxton impeachment trial
• Greg Abbott defending Operation Lone Star against claims that officers mistreated illegal immigrants
• The funds Texas Republicans raised following Paxton’s impeachment
• U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz introducing a bill to ban the use of “Latinx” in documents from government agencies
• Dan Crenshaw and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushing studies on psychedelic drug treatments for veterans with PTSD
• Texas lawmakers criticizing the Biden administration’s attempt to force Texas to expand Medicaid
• The Kemah City Council hiring a former Odessa official who was fired for interfering with an investigation
• Texas Rep. Four Price announcing he will not seek re-election next year
• Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin announcing his run as a Republican for a moderate Texas House district
• The February DWI charges against Texas Sen. Charles Schwertner being dismissed
• Texas localities preparing for solar eclipse tourists in October
• Elon Musk’s X Corp. suing four Dallas “John Does” for allegedly scraping Twitter data
• The Odessa City Council’s investigation into a data breach via an ex-employee’s email account