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

• Paxton’s reaction to claims he ran from a courier serving him a subpoena
• The indefinite suspension of a San Antonio City Council member
• The City of Houston hosting its second gun buyback event
• Frisco ISD only removing a fraction of supposedly explicit books challenged by a Texas lawmaker
• The Texas power grid’s performance during the summer
• The State Board of Education voting to comply with the state ban on teaching critical race theory
• The Texas pensions that invested in companies deemed “fossil fuel boycotters” by the comptroller
• Governor Abbott’s Republican primary opponents supporting him ahead of November
• Rochelle Garza pledging her support for legal abortion and her criticism of Ken Paxton
• A Republican state senator coming out in favor of certain gun restrictions and abortion exceptions
• Republican Railroad Commission primary candidate Sarah Stogner endorsing the Democratic nominee
• A Republican judge denying Paxton as attorney general has the right to prosecute election fraud