Weekly Roundup - September 22, 2023

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

• The long-standing feud between Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
• Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show
• The mayor of Eagle Pass declaring an emergency after thousands of illegal immigrants cross into the city
• A new military manufacturing plant in Mesquite that plans to produce artillery for Ukraine
• Patrick calling for a formal audit of the Paxton impeachment proceedings to determine how much it cost
• A Texas A&M professor criticizing the university after the botched hiring of Dr. Kathleen McElroy
• The Supreme Court of Texas hearing a reporter’s defamation case concerning “fundamental” First Amendment rights
• State Rep. Rhetta Bowers leaving the Texas House for a chance at a Dallas congressional seat
• Dallas ISD adopting a new after-school “Positive Prevention Plus” sex education program
• A Pasadena mechanic’s second lawsuit against the city after it reneged a settlement agreement
• The principal of Overton High School arrested after using corporal punishment on a student