Texas Senator Talks School Choice & SNAP Junk Food Ban, Conditional Wills, HB 17: Banning Foreign Persons From Buying Real Estate

04/05/25 • 24 min

This week, Phil and Austin break down Texas’s HB 17 bill aiming to restrict foreign ownership of land, analyze the legal quirks of conditional bequests inspired by Netflix’s Life List, and sit down with Texas Senator Mayes Middleton to discuss school choice and banning junk food from SNAP benefits.

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