Texas budget writers prioritize school vouchers, teacher raises and border security in early drafts
Both chambers set aside $1 billion for a voucher-like education savings account program — double what was on the table two ...
Trump moves to expand on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border crackdown in first executive orders
The new president said he would designate drug cartels terrorists and send troops to the southern border to repel an ...
U.S. border agents told to summarily deport migrants without asylum hearings under Trump edict
Citing President Trump’s extraordinary move to close the American asylum system, U.S. border agents have been instructed to ...
Texas House, Senate offer first glimpse at how $150 billion in tax money may be spent
House Bill 1 proposes $335.7 billion in state and federal spending, including $154.1 billion in general revenue spending.
'Postcards from the Border': What four Austinites really found where Texas meets Mexico
Preview for 'Postcards from the Border,' an Austin show that combines music, photography and stories about Texas-Mexico ...
Trump to install Texas border czar as Border Patrol chief, sources say
Mike Banks, who has spearheaded Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border crackdown, is expected to be appointed Border Patrol chief ...
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Trump to tap Texas “border czar” to lead U.S. Border Patrol, report says
Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since ...
Former BP agent and Texas border czar Mike Banks appointed as Trump’s Border Patrol chief
Banks has been serving as the Lone Star State’s first-ever border czar — a position created by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2023 to ...
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Texas writer and singer-songwriter team up on Postcards from the Border
The intent of Oscar Casares and Carrie Rodriguez is to challenge distorted notions of the Texas-Mexico border and portray it as, simply, their homeland.
Border Patrol agent from Minnesota fatally shot during Vermont traffic stop, family says
David C. Maland was conducting the traffic stop​ on Interstate 91, about 20 miles from the Canadian border when "an exchange ...
Border officials praise, activists decry Trump's immigration crackdown
In the less than 48 hours President Donald Trump has been in office, he’s taken various actions to crack down on immigration.