Weekly Roundup - October 17, 2025

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• Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa Announces Democratic Challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott
• Competing Evidence and Unlikely Allies: The Robert Roberson Saga Reviewed
• Illegal Alien 'Asian Boyz' Gang Member Arrested Following Shooting of Texas Woman
• Texas House and Senate Create July 4 Flood Disaster Investigation Committees
• Texas Attorney General Nears Lawsuit Against East Plano Islamic Center Over 'EPIC City' Development
• Seven Texas National Guardsmen Returned from Illinois After Allegedly Failing Physical Fitness Standards
• Texas Agriculture Commissioner, USDA Scrap Over New World Screwworm Response Strategy