A cross-border trade bill designed to beef up staffing at the ports of entry on Texas’ southern border has been signed by the president.
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Criminal Justice
Lawmakers hope to enact port-staffing bill before Trump takes over
The race is on for Texas lawmakers to pass legislation to beef up staffing and improve facilities at the country’s land ports while President Obama is still around to sign it.
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Demographics
Texas Keeps Close Eye on Mexico’s Presidential Race
Texas economists and politicians are closely watching what this summer’s presidential contest in Mexico means for the peso and, in turn, the state’s symbiotic business ties to our neighbor to the south.
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Economy
Texas Republicans Pile On Job Numbers
Texas’s congressional Republicans seized on new unemployment numbers to decry President Obama’s economic policies days after he stopped in Mesquite to sell his jobs plan.
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Demographics
Trucking Program Raises Border Policy Questions
Some Texas Republicans are embracing a cross-border trucking agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that labor unions worry could kill jobs and drastically reduce border security.
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Demographics
Cartels Complicate Tick Eradication Program
An unexpected casualty of the drug-cartel-fueled lawlessness in Mexico: the cattle industry.
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Demographics
Slideshow: Fever Tick Inspection in Laredo
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Demographics
DOT Announces Cross-Border Trucking Provisions
The U.S. Department of Transportation released preliminary details today on a program that would again open up U.S. roadways to Mexican truckers.
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Demographics
Officials Say Mexico Could Be Used by Terrorists
A top adviser to President Barack Obama conceded last week that terrorists seeking to unleash havoc in the United States could use Texas’ porous border. But some security experts say that isn’t likely to happen.
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Economy
At South by Southwest, Another Type of British Invasion
Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune sat down with Dominick Chilcott, deputy ambassador for Britain, to talk about what lures companies from across the pond to South by Southwest.