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On today's Daily Rundown podcast, Managing Editor Rob Laucius covers:🔺Gov. Greg Abbott directing state agencies to inves...
01/06/2026

On today's Daily Rundown podcast, Managing Editor Rob Laucius covers:
🔺Gov. Greg Abbott directing state agencies to investigate potential childcare fraud
🔺A Texas man charged over trying to provide support to ISIS
🔺The trial of a former Uvalde CISD school police officer

Want to support The Texan and help us continue providing the Lone Star State with news you can trust? Subscribe today: https://thetexan.news/subscribe/The Texan’s Daily Rundown brings you a quick recap of the latest stories in Texas politics so yo...

The Texas Secretary of State confirmed that Harris County’s voter rolls include registrations listing a PO box as a resi...
01/06/2026

The Texas Secretary of State confirmed that Harris County’s voter rolls include registrations listing a PO box as a residential address — a violation that could result in additional penalties and state oversight if not resolved.

The county confirmed that some voters have registered at a PO box.

The first baby known to have been left in a Safe Haven Baby Box was surrendered in Lubbock within the last 10 days. In 2...
01/06/2026

The first baby known to have been left in a Safe Haven Baby Box was surrendered in Lubbock within the last 10 days. In 2023, the Texas Legislature allowed for the placement of these boxes to receive children whom parents cannot care for.

Lubbock Fire Rescue said the baby was surrendered within the last 10 days.

The Dallas Landmark Commission allowed Oak Lawn United Methodist Church to keep its rainbow-painted steps as a temporary...
01/06/2026

The Dallas Landmark Commission allowed Oak Lawn United Methodist Church to keep its rainbow-painted steps as a temporary art installation, which the church said were painted in "response to Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to remove rainbow crosswalks."

The stairs were painted in opposition to Abbott’s directive to remove “political ideologies” from Texas streets.

"ISIS’s poisonous ideology must be ripped out root and stem ... You cannot hide from us," U.S. Attorney General Pam Bond...
01/06/2026

"ISIS’s poisonous ideology must be ripped out root and stem ... You cannot hide from us," U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said upon announcing the Texas man's federal charges related to allegedly trying to support the terrorist organization financially and materially.

Garza is being held in custody pending his trial for the terrorism offenses.

Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies to review Texas’ childcare anti-fraud measures after highly publicized fraud al...
01/06/2026

Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies to review Texas’ childcare anti-fraud measures after highly publicized fraud allegations surfaced in Minnesota, saying, “Such fraud will never be tolerated in Texas.”

Following highly-publicized controversy in Minnesota, Abbott directed state agencies to review Texas’ current anti-fraud protections.

On today's Daily Rundown podcast, Assistant Editor Rob Laucius covers:🔺Officials reacting to the arrest of Venezuelan Pr...
01/05/2026

On today's Daily Rundown podcast, Assistant Editor Rob Laucius covers:
🔺Officials reacting to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
🔺An Elon Musk post reviving a political fight in the Texas GOP
🔺Private schools signing up for Texas' school choice program

Want to support The Texan and help us continue providing the Lone Star State with news you can trust? Subscribe today: https://thetexan.news/subscribe/The Texan’s Daily Rundown brings you a quick recap of the latest stories in Texas politics so yo...

The trial of former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales began on Monday in Corpus Christi. He was charged with 29...
01/05/2026

The trial of former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales began on Monday in Corpus Christi. He was charged with 29 counts of abandoning and endangering a child during the May 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting, to which he pleaded not guilty.

Adrian Gonzales is charged with 29 counts of endangering a child during the Robb Elementary School shooting.

A New Year's Day post from Elon Musk reignited a policy feud among Texas Republican lawmakers over whether a failed 2025...
01/05/2026

A New Year's Day post from Elon Musk reignited a policy feud among Texas Republican lawmakers over whether a failed 2025 tort reform proposal would have shielded trucking companies that hire illegal immigrant drivers.

GOP lawmakers are at odds over a failed 2025 tort reform proposal.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty in American federal court today after...
01/05/2026

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty in American federal court today after President Donald Trump's raid to capture them over the weekend. Texas lawmakers varied in their reactions to the arrest.

Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty in American federal court.

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced that nearly 600 private schools have registered for the Texas Education...
01/05/2026

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced that nearly 600 private schools have registered for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, which he said will give Texas families “meaningful choices when applications open in February.”

Applications from families of students for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program open on February 4.

In this week’s The Docket, reporter Matt Stringer discusses a 5th Circuit decision holding that a federal gun ban for pe...
01/05/2026

In this week’s The Docket, reporter Matt Stringer discusses a 5th Circuit decision holding that a federal gun ban for people with certain criminal convictions violates the Second Amendment, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a similar case next term.

According to the dictionary, hoplophobia is the intense fear of guns and weapons, stemming from the Greek word “hoplites,” which, you guessed it, means weapons.

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