Economy

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would pause his executive orders on the tariffs for one month after Mexico agreed to deploy 10,000 troops to reinforce its border to cut the flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. Canada's government committed to also strengthen its fight on fentanyl flowing into the U.S.

Gov. Greg Abbott touted Texas’ strong economy in his State of the State address Sunday, where he also laid out a list of priorities he wants Texas lawmakers to focus on in the months ahead. These include creating a school voucher-like program and lowering Texans’ property taxes.

At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in San Antonio, farmers braced for the impact of President Trump's mass deportation plan.

Nonprofit, public policy organizations including Texas 2036 and the Texas Water Association have made water infrastructure one of their priorities this legislative session.

The City of Lubbock announced that residents have a new way to access their utilities account to pay bills. Residents can now visit the city’s website at mylubbock.us and click the tab that says “City of Lubbock Utilities Bill.” Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider has more on the state budget proposals from the Texas Senate and House. And according to the Community Foundation of West Texas, more than half a million dollars were raised to support Lubbock nonprofits this past Giving Tuesday.

Both proposed budgets earmark $1 billion for a school vouchers program.

The historical bipartisan legislation includes a bevy of policies from crop insurance to food stamps.

Domestic migration is contributing to the population boom in Texas. Between people moving in and those moving out, Texas gained more than 133,000 new residents from other states last year.

Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing and infrastructure work in one of the nation's fastest-growing states.

Democratic state Rep. John Bucy pre-filed two bills in the Texas Legislature that would kick-start a high speed rail line along the I-35 corridor and direct funding to bullet train projects.