Weekly Roundup - September 15, 2023

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

• A new political poll showing Texas Republicans’ “unwavering” support for Donald Trump
• Former President Donald Trump defending suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton during his impeachment trial
• An ERCOT program that pays industrial electricity users to shutter operations during grid stress
• A Texas senator requesting records from UT Tyler over a transgender tennis player on its women’s team
• The seventh Texas House seat opening after Rep. Carl Sherman announced he would not run for re-election
• Odessa passing a ban on private vaccine mandates as well as a tax increase
• Tesla asking for almost $100 million from the federal government to fund an EV semi-truck charger network
• The Patriot Voice suing a payment processing company for $18 million over a canceled contract
• Ten gang members or affiliates being arrested near Houston for sex trafficking of children
• Lubbock City Council and county commissioners court approving a tax increase for Fiscal Year 2023
• An upcoming “family-friendly” church drag show featuring the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” group<