Weekly Roundup - May 1, 2026

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• Texas Lawmakers React to Attempted Assassination of Trump, Cabinet at White House Correspondents Dinner
• Texas Redistricting Map Upheld as U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Decision
• One Month to Texas Runoff Elections: Key Contests to Watch
• Talarico Leads Cornyn, and Paxton by Wider Margin, in New Poll for U.S. Senate Race
• Fourteen Indicted for Alleged Texas-New Mexico Permian Basin Oilfield Theft
• State Rep. Briscoe Cain Challenges 'Obscene' Books in Deer Park ISD Libraries
• Trucking Companies Face OAG Investigation for Allegedly Skirting English Proficiency Requirements
• ‘The Next Right Thing’: Investigators, Camp Mystic Owners Testify at Texas Legislature
• Parents of Camp Mystic Survivors, Victims Testify Before Texas Legislature, Blast Eastland Family’s Leadership
• Paxton Chinese birth tourism
• Bexar County Judge Indicted for 'Official Oppression' Resigns, Accepts Lifetime Prohibition from Judicial Office
• Here's Why Multiple Texas Public School Districts are Extending Their School Years