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Opponents of adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census won big last week when a New York-based federal judge ordered the Trump administration to remove the controversial question from the once-a-decade count. Now, a group of …
The Texas Tribune
January, 2019
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20 January
Shutdown Over Wall Straining Border Patrol Agents Working Overtime Without Pay
As the government shutdown approached its fifth week and Washington Democrats and President Donald Trump showed no signs of coming to an agreement on how to end the stalemate Tuesday, U.S. Border Patrol vehicles could …
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18 January
Analysis: Property taxes in Texas are high. Don’t expect the Legislature to change that.
Restrain, reform, rein in, restrict and limit are not synonyms for the word Texas property taxpayers crave: cut. This is an alert: Your property taxes will not be falling, in spite of all the talk …
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17 January
Trump Administration Took Thousands More Migrant Children from Parents, Report Says
The Trump administration separated thousands more migrant children from their parents at the U.S. border than has previously been made public, according to an investigative report released Thursday, but the federal tracking system has been …
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16 January
Beto O’Rourke’s Immigration Plan: No Wall, but Few Specifics
In a digital ad that recently went viral, Beto O’Rourke tore into President Trump’s desired border wall with soaring footage of the Rio Grande Valley and an explanation of what the wall would do: cut …
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15 January
“The abuse was structural:” Report Offers Glimpse of Life Inside Now-Empty Tornillo Migrant Camp
The tent city popped up over the summer, about 40 miles from El Paso, as the U.S. government sought more space to hold hundreds of unaccompanied teenagers caught crossing the Rio Grande from places like …
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15 January
Texas Senate Proposes $3.7 Billion for Mandated Teacher Raises
Leaders of the Texas Senate are proposing giving schools $3.7 billion to provide $5,000 pay raises to all full-time classroom teachers — on the heels of a House budget proposal that includes $7 billion more …
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12 January
Julián Castro’s 2020 Announcement Brightens Spotlight on Potential Texas Showdown with Beto O’Rourke
SAN ANTONIO — Lingering around after Julián Castro announced his presidential campaign here Saturday, Santa Garcia Rivera and her niece, Santa Garcia Reyes, said they were thrilled to see someone from the city’s hardscrabble West …
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11 January
Tornillo Tent City for Youth Migrants is Now Empty, Texas Congressman Says
A Texas congressman said Friday that the federal government has officially removed all children from the Tornillo detention center for undocumented migrant youths, ending more than half a year of operation for a facility that …
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11 January
At Least 35,000 Texans with Federal Jobs Aren’t Being Paid Because of the Shutdown
WASHINGTON — The Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park’s website boasts a quote from the president the Central Texas park is named for: “All the world is welcome here.” But thanks to a partial federal …
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9 January
Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Dennis Bonnen Promise Unity in 2019 Legislative Session
Texas’ top three elected leaders are looking to show a united front as the 2019 legislative session begins — and start fresh after the drama of last session. The so-called “Big Three” — Republicans Gov. …
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8 January
Trump Urges Democrats to Fund Border Barrier, but Stops Short of Ordering Military to Build it
After claiming that illegal immigration disproportionately affects black and Hispanic Americans and fuels smugglers’ abuse of women and children, President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged federal lawmakers to see his way on border security and …
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8 January
Tornillo Tent City for Migrant Teens is on the Verge of Shutting Down
EL PASO — After more than six months of serving as a symbol of President Trump’s hardline immigration policies, the detention center for young migrants at Tornillo is on the brink of closing for good. …
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7 January
President Trump to Visit U.S.-Mexico Border Thursday
President Donald Trump is headed to the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced the trip Monday morning, saying Trump will visit the border “to meet with those on the frontlines of …
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7 January
Texas Comptroller Hegar Gives Lawmakers Cautiously Optimistic Revenue Estimate for 2019 Session
At a time when legislators are vowing to spend more money on public schools and slow the growth of Texans’ property tax bills, the state should have enough money at its disposal to do just …
