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

• Rep. Jim Jordan losing the first vote for U.S. speaker, with three Texas Republicans voting against him
• The Texan’s tour of the Colony Ridge development in the Houston area
• Thousands of “special interest aliens” being apprehended at the southern border between 2021 and 2023
• The Texas Senate passing a ban on private employers issuing COVID-19 vaccine mandates
• Galveston County appealing a district judge’s ruling that its redistricting map violates federal civil rights law
• The fundraising numbers for Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2024 Democratic challengers
• Pro-life groups and San Antonio residents suing to restrict the city’s “Reproductive Justice Fund” from funding out-of-state abortion
• Texas comptroller purchases $20 million in in Israeli bonds to provide “financial liquidity” during Gaza war
• Attorney General Ken Paxton issuing guidance on ESG enforcement in Texas
• Forney ISD constructs a new “Keith Bell Opportunity Central” high school

And more.