State-built border wall under construction near the banks of the Rio Grande in Zapata Co. on Sept. 23, 2024. Credit: Ben Lowy for The Texas Tribune Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas ...
"With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them ...
Texas has defunded its state-funded border wall project after spending $3 billion and completing only 8% of the planned 805 miles. The decision leaves the future of the wall unclear, with state ...
Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the project, leaving only scattered segments covering a ...