WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has awarded a contract to construct approximately six miles of levee wall system in the U.S. Border Patrol’s (USBP) Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector, which was funded in CBP’s Fiscal Year (FY)…

By Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Nov. 8, 2018 “Texas may have again illegally reduced special education funding” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The day after…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Nov. 8, 2018 “Texas Democrats’ biggest win on election night may have been the courts” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues….

DENVER – Health care advocates are warning that a new rule proposed by the Trump administration could effectively block children’s access to health, dental and mental services. The rule would make it easier to deny immigrants legal status by expanding the definition of what it means to be a public…

By Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Nov. 7, 2018 “5th Circuit upholds feds’ $33 million penalty for Texas decrease in special education funding” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and…

BOISE, Idaho – Idaho joined two other states on Election Day in expanding Medicaid to low-income residents. Proposition 2 passed by a wide margin, garnering 60 percent of the vote on Tuesday. It will potentially cover 62,000 Idahoans who fall into the Medicaid gap – those who make too much…

By Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Nov. 7, 2018 “Texas House Speaker Joe Straus: Texas and the Republican Party are “moving in opposite directions”” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government…

By Teo Armus, The Texas Tribune Nov. 7, 2018 “Trailing GOP U.S. Rep. Will Hurd by 689 votes, Gina Ortiz Jones campaign says Texas race “is not over”” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Nov. 7, 2018 “Steve Stockman, former Texas congressman, sentenced to 10 years in federal prison” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues….

By Alexa Ura, Chris Essig and Darla Cameron, The Texas Tribune Nov. 7, 2018 “In Dallas County, Republican gerrymandering backfired in 2018” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide…