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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.

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This week, the team discusses:
Molly Cook beating Rep. Jarvis Johnson to finish out the term in Senate District 15The Tarrant Appraisal District gaining three new elected board membersOne Harris County Appraisal District election heading to a June runoffDallas voters approving $1.25 billion in bond propositionsA look at other bonds and ballot propositions across Texas on the May 4 electionGranbury ISD’s May 2024 bond failing and the Hood County Republican chair being arrested on felony chargesSpeaker Dade Phelan creating a new House subcommittee on “Hostile Foreign Organizations”Ted Cruz and Ronny Jackson proposing a bill to refund ranchers for lost livestock from Texas wildfiresCarroll ISD passing a resolution denouncing the Biden administration’s Title IX changesThe mayor of Baytown bringing back a defeated proposal to bail out a city-owned golf course projectAn update into the Austin Police Department’s opioid overdose outbreak investigation

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Attorney Mitch Little, who served on Attorney General Ken Paxton’s defense team during his impeachment trial and then defeated incumbent Rep. Kronda Thimesch (R-Carrollton) in the March 5 primary election this year, sat down with The Texan’s senior reporter Brad Johnson.
Little discussed the upheaval of the wide swathe of races like his that defeated incumbents, his commitment to the “Contract with Texas” demands for the next House speaker, and what he thinks the legislation for school choice will look like in the upcoming session.
“I think [the voters] see the legislative process as deformed and dysfunctional, and the primary was really a referendum on that issue not so much Ken Paxton or even school choice, just the function of the legislative body that’s supposed to be deliberative and supposed to be the voice of the people,” said Little.
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