Weekly Roundup - August 11, 2023

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

• State Rep. John Raney announcing he will not run for re-election in 2024
• The Office of the Attorney General appealing a district court’s ruling that the Heartbeat Act is unconstitutional
• The Texas Legislature failing to pass a judicial compensation reform bill in the 88th Legislative Session
• A Texas man sentenced for threatening mass shooting against Arizona election officials
• Protesters assaulting and spitting on attendees of the signing of the Save Women’s Sports Act
• DPS officials sound off on the dangers of illegal border crossings between ports of entry
• ACLU Texas suing to block Texas ‘drag ban’ on sexually oriented performances with children in attendance
• Members of a San Antonio family pleading guilty to bribing government employees for million-dollar contracts
• A breakdown of Texas A&M’s bungled hiring of journalism professor Dr. Kathleen McElroy
• Leander ISD parents holding a rally over a board trustee’s sexual assault allegations
• Angelina County authorizing a ‘planning study’ to consider building a new courthouse
• A first grade teacher in Mesquite ISD resigning after her ‘anti-white’ online posts went viral