Call this the week of fights.
U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, is raking in loads of campaign cash in his bid to unseat incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, raising more than all the other Democrats running for statewide office combined.
Moves by Austin and San Antonio to mandate paid sick-leave for businesses has the state moving to shut them down, a fight that promises to end at the Legislature next January.
Even Comptroller Glenn Hegar's rosy prediction that rising energy prices could put an extra $2.8 billion in the state's coffers could be derailed by a growing trade war, spurred by President's Trump new tariffs.
As they say: Politics is sometimes akin to herding cats -- angry cats, this week.
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