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This week, the team discusses:

• A meeting between Phelan and House Democrats resurfacing over the 2021 quorum break
• The Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education hearing about campus protests and DEI
• Congress passing legislation co-authored by Sen. Ted Cruz reauthorizing the FAA
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announcing he has enough signatures to run on the ballot in Texas
• GOP Legislation to Exclude Noncitizens from Census Draws Opposition from Texas Democrats
• The Austin Police Department releasing its plan for the next five years
• A Galveston bridge’s partial collapse after being struck by a barge
• Federal Government Challenges Texas' Ownership of Fronton Island in Rio Grande
• A select Texas House committee’s proposals to combat the federal government’s pause on new liquefied natural gas exports
• A new partnership between the University of Austin and Capital Factory