The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - December 5, 2025

Starting point is 00:00:00 Howdy, folks. Today is Friday, December 5th, and you're listening to The Texans Daily Rundown. I'm the Texans assistant editor Rob Lauchess, and here is the rundown of today's news in Texas politics. First up, Texas Congressman Lloyd Doggett will not be seeking re-election next year, following the Supreme Court of the United States upholding the Republican-favored redrawn congressional map. In a statement, Doggett said he, quote, will continue working with the same urgency and determination as if next year were my last, which in public office it will be. He continued, quote, after that, I will seek new ways to join my neighbors in making a difference

Starting point is 00:00:47 in the only town I have ever called home. Doggett said back in August he would not seek re-election if the congressional redistricting was upheld in court. He rejected the notion of running in another city, saying, that Austin is the only town he's ever called home, and that moving to another district is, quote, not going to achieve what we want relative to Trump. After Doggett's comments in August, Congressman Greg Kassar launched his bid for the newly redrawn 37th congressional district. The new map will move Kassar's current 35th congressional district to a solidly Republican area near San Antonio.

Starting point is 00:01:25 next another lawsuit filed against the tarrant county commissioner's court redistricting plan has been dismissed the league of women voters of tarrant county and league of united latin american citizens fort worth council 4568 filed a lawsuit challenging the redistricting plan as discriminatory against minority voters by packing them into one commissioner's precinct the tarrant county commissioner's court filed a plea to jurisdiction asking judge Megan Fahey of the 348th District Court to dismiss the case. Fahey granted that dismissal on November 28th. Commissioner Matt Krause told the Texan, quote, Judge Fahey was correct to dismiss the plaintiff's erroneous lawsuit. He added, quote, the judge recognized a lack of merit in all of the plaintiff's claims. This result underscores what I've maintained throughout the entire redistricting process, that it was perfectly legal and constitutional. This is a great result for common sense and the rule of law. Krause, an attorney, also said that the commissioner's court will have to wait and see if the plaintiffs file an appeal, but he believes that the ruling

Starting point is 00:02:36 would be upheld. In other news, Kima Mayor Robin Collins took responsibility for what she termed a billing error that resulted in city taxpayers covering her personal legal expenses in 2024, but the city has not provided records indicating that Collins reimburse the expenses or that the issue has been resolved. Collins said at Wednesday's city council meeting, quote, I want to address a recent billing error. The city attorney's office inadvertently billed the city for a personal matter of mine, and I want to be very clear and take full responsibility for this error. It has been corrected and the city has been fully reimbursed. According to records obtained by the Texan through the Texas Public Information Act, neither Collins nor her company made any payments to the city

Starting point is 00:03:24 that correlate with the charges billed last month by the Murray and Lobb law firm for the deed transfer work completed in 2024 as of last month. Reportedly, the firm refunded the money following the Texans report on the matter published Monday. City attorney Kyle Dixon of the Murray and Lobb law firm bills the city for a retainer fee and other services of between $11,000 and $23,000 per month, but does not provide detailed information on work completed for city business. Thanks for listening. To support the Texan, please be sure to visit the texan. News and subscribe to get full access to all of our articles, news, and podcasts.

The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - December 5, 2025

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