The rural South Texas border county of Zapata isn't receiving state funds from Operation Lone Star in Fiscal Year 2024, and the county judge tells Border Report it sorely needs all the money it can get.
Zapata County leaders in the rural ranching border county on Monday ordered that over $100,000 in back property taxes that had been erased and forgiven by a previous tax assessor collector be put back on the books and paid in full, including $16,000 owed by the sheriff.
Environmentalists are praising the Biden administration's announcement that it is rescinding some environmental waivers that had been issued during the Trump administration to quick-start border wall construction.