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

• Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick saying his “good faith” with Speaker Dade Phelan is “broken”
• The Texas House appointing a committee in anticipation of a school choice special session 
• Gov. Greg Abbott threatening mass vetoes unless the Legislature reaches a compromise on property taxes
• The end of Texas’ three-year COVID-19 disaster declaration
• Abbott signing the “READER Act” to remove explicit materials from public school libraries
• Abbott’s illegal immigrant busing program expanding to Los Angeles
• The new leader of the U.S. Border Patrol 
• A court ruling it unconstitutional for the federal government to impose vaccine mandates on Texas National Guardsmen
• Sen. Ted Cruz requesting answers from Mark Zuckerberg over child sexual abuse networks on Instagram
• A poll showing Cruz leading his Democratic challenger Colin Allred by 5 percent 
• The Legislature approving $1.5 billion for the expansion of rural internet service
• Controversies and criminal histories in the race to become mayor of Palestine
• A lawsuit against the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office alleging violations of constitutional rights