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

• The debate between Austin’s mayoral candidates over the homeless, police, and more 
• A pro-casino PAC donating over $100,000 to Republicans and Democrats alike
• Comptroller Hegar calling for stronger laws against children attending sexualized events
• Federal prison sentences for drug traffickers, one of whom was a Mexican government official
• An audit of Brownsville’s proposed power plant revealing false pretenses for rate hikes
• A former Texas school principal being found not guilty on charges of official oppression and evidence tampering   
• Brazos County commissioners taking a page of out Harris County’s book with a quorum bust
• How local officials throughout Texas enforce gambling laws differently regarding game rooms
• Corpus Christi’s new wildlife rescue center adjacent to the Texas State Aquarium
• The admonishment of a Texas judge for referring to COVID-19 as the “China virus”