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A West Texas river guide and church preservation group, along with a national advocacy group, argue in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the administration illegally bypassed a range of environmental protection laws as it plans a 175-mile stretch of border wall in the state’s Big Bend region.
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Federal tax filings show the Texas Public Policy Foundation gave $70,000 to a university led by one of the content advisers guiding the drafting of the new social studies curriculum. -
County commissioners will meet Thursday to consider having Barnard Construction donate construction work on a remote dirt road that could be used to facilitate the Trump administration’s border wall plans in the region. -
The Texas attorney general alleges the religious group purports to act with governmental authority. The tribunal — which issues rulings in disputes involving Texas Muslims — says its work is purely spiritual. -
Organizers of the rally argue the construction will fracture the environmentally sensitive region.
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