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

• Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick taking their oaths of office 
• The proposals to increase homestead and business exemptions at the inauguration
• Abbott saying he is not “ruling in” a 2024 presidential run
• Patrick claiming that he and Abbott are “all in” on school choice
• Republicans’ election bills to empower Attorney General Ken Paxton to prosecute election fraud
• Paxton filing a brief on behalf of the Texas Nationalist Movement in their lawsuit against Facebook
• Patrick calling exceptions to Texas’ abortion ban “unlikely” this session
• Congressmen Chip Roy and Tony Gonzales sparring over a Republican border security bill’s effect on asylum
• Gonzales filing his own bill for funding a border security grant program
• UT Austin banning TikTok on university-issued devices and university Wi-Fi networks
• State Rep. Erin Zwiener filing a climate change bill and “Action Plan” for Texas