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Newsreel: Abbott Staff, Bill Filing, Speaker Challenge

This week in the Newsreel: Abbott gathers staff, lawmakers begin filing bills and Straus faces another challenge for the gavel.

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This week in The Texas Weekly Newsreel: Greg Abbott is putting together a new staff for the governor's office, lawmakers begin filing bills for the coming legislative session and House Speaker Joe Straus is facing another challenge for the gavel.

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