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This week, the team discusses:

Molly Cook beating Rep. Jarvis Johnson to finish out the term in Senate District 15
The Tarrant Appraisal District gaining three new elected board members
One Harris County Appraisal District election heading to a June runoff
Dallas voters approving $1.25 billion in bond propositions
A look at other bonds and ballot propositions across Texas on the May 4 election
Granbury ISD’s May 2024 bond failing and the Hood County Republican chair being arrested on felony charges
Speaker Dade Phelan creating a new House subcommittee on “Hostile Foreign Organizations”
Ted Cruz and Ronny Jackson proposing a bill to refund ranchers for lost livestock from Texas wildfires
Carroll ISD passing a resolution denouncing the Biden administration’s Title IX changes
The mayor of Baytown bringing back a defeated proposal to bail out a city-owned golf course project
An update into the Austin Police Department’s opioid overdose outbreak investigation

Weekly Roundup - May 10, 2024

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