AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Watch this week’s episode of Politics Today.

Here are a few topics along with details of stories that Kaley Green discusses during the show:

  • President, Walter Wendler, canceled an on-campus charity drag show on Monday causing backlash all throughout last week. 
  • SNAP recipients are seeing a decrease in household benefits this month. How local organizations are helping those who are food insecure. 
  • Protests on the campus of WT continued throughout the week. On Thursday local GOP Chairman Dan Rogers sent a letter to constituents asking them to support President Wendler.
  • For Individual Rights in Expression, filed a lawsuit in Amarillo federal court against WT president Walter Wendler and FIRE representing spectrum WT and two student leaders. 
  • The Amarillo Independent School District discussing its intruder detection audit.
  • The Texas Senate committee on border security considered a resolution Thursday urging the federal government to designate foreign drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
  • The Texas legislature took the latest steps toward legalizing sports betting and casino gambling Wednesday.
  • The Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point this past week despite the recent turmoil in the banking sector.
  • House Republicans delivered on one of their key campaign promises Friday by advancing the Parent Bill of Rights Act.

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