The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - October 28, 2025

Episode Date: October 28, 2025

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Howdy, folks. Today is Tuesday, October 28th, 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 is suing the manufacturer of Tylenol for allegedly marketing the product towards pregnant women despite knowing the potential risks it poses for prenatal development. following the White House's suggestion that the drug is linked to autism in children. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies Johnson and Johnson and Kenview on Monday, alleging that the Tylenol manufacturers hid the danger of the product's active ingredient, acetaminophen, to pregnant women and instead marketed it as their safest painkiller

option. Major progress in, quote, understanding the root cause of autism, end quote, stating that evidence suggests mother's use of acetaminopin during pregnancy, with a particular emphasis on the late term, may be linked to neurological effects on their children, including developing autism. Within the lawsuit, Paxton alleged that Johnson and Johnson recognized a reckoning on the horizon and thus allowed all of its liability associated with its over-the-counter products to be absorbed by Kenview. Kenview split off from Johnson and Johnson to become its own company in 2022. Next, Centerville ISD Superintendent Carol Dickey was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month after coming under criminal investigation in June for alleged, quote, actions or inaction stemming from her employment within the district, end quote, according to the board of trustees. The board voted unanimously to cover up to $30,000 in legal expenses for Dickey through a Houston law firm, which specializes in education-related legal matters. Dickie must reimburse the district if she is found guilty or takes a plea deal. On October 17th, it was reported that Dickie failed to notify the Texas Education Agency of an alleged romantic relationship between a student and a teacher and was indicted by a grand jury in Leon County. Leon County prosecutors alleged that Dickie intended to conceal the misconduct when she failed to report the staff member's resignation.

Centerville ISD's Board of Trustees released a statement defending its actions and Dickey, claiming she immediately notified law enforcement and attempted to report the employee to the State Board of Education certification, but experienced a technical difficulty that caused the report to be filed one day later than the required seven-day deadline. In other news, the State of Texas case against Yelp for alleged manipulation of information regarding pro-life resources is headed back to court, after an appeals court's ruling on October 16th. The 15th Court of Appeals found that while Texas doesn't have general jurisdiction, it successfully established its specific jurisdiction over the California-based review service company, because Yelp's actions directly involve Texas consumers. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton originally filed the lawsuit in 2023, seeking injunctive relief,

civil penalties, and damages for Yelp's alleged violations of the deceptive trade practice. Act. After accusations surfaced that the company had posted misleading and disparaging disclaimer labels on crisis pregnancy centers in Texas, it referenced a consumer notice by Yelp on all pregnancy resource center pages that stated, quote, this is a crisis pregnancy center. Crisis pregnancy centers typically provide limited medical services and may not have licensed medical professionals on site, end quote. Also, Fermi America announced plans to build a, quote, first of its kind behind the meter hypergrid campus, end quote, back in July, and it has now signed deals to begin the engineering of four nuclear reactors.

The project is being led by former Texas governor and former U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry in partnership with Texas Tech University. Fermi unveiled its blueprint for a 5,769-acre nuclear power complex called Project Matador that will host a natural gas project and utility power grid in order to, quote, deliver next generation artificial intelligence. Perry stated in a July press release, quote, the Chinese are building 22 nuclear reactors today to power the future of AI. America has none. We're behind and it's all hands on deck. Last but not least, the Tarrant Regional Water District is looking for developers to begin planning for the phase one development of Panther Island in Fort Worth. Panther Island is the development portion of the Central City Flood Control Project

on the Trinity River in central Fort Worth. The Tarrant Regional Water District is the local sponsor of the flood control project and is a major landowner on Panther Island. 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, newsletters, and podcasts.