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Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas says local leaders, landowners and park advocates should have a chance to weigh in before additional construction moves forward.
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Center for Biological Diversity
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Houston Public Media
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Texas Democrats are urging the Trump administration to delay its plans for building border barriers and roads across the West Texas park. Bulldozers and trucks bearing the logo of the contractor awarded $1.7 billion for the project were seen in the national park on Tuesday as local activists warn construction could start at any moment. -
The new superintendent of Fort Davis ISD, Jason Crow, made a controversial decision earlier this year to close Dirks-Anderson Elementary School because of the district’s strained finances. The move prompted a staff exodus and local pushback, but Crow maintains it’s necessary to keep the district alive. -
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Officials in Jeff Davis and Presidio counties are holding off on making deals with a border wall contractor that's aiming to use a remote dirt road to the Rio Grande as a key access point for the Trump administration’s Big Bend area border wall.
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