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According to a new report, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers will add up to a $1.7 trillion dollars to the United States gross domestic product (GDP) in a decade.

The shutoff moratorium was in place for the better part of 2020 due to the crushing economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The moratorium will be lifted on June 18, two days before a forecasted hotter-than-normal summer arrives, and shutoffs can resume in the final week of the month.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday announced that Texas will fund and resume construction of former President Trump’s border wall. Abbott did not offer any details about when construction would take place or where it would be built.

The Biden infrastructure plan has been sold as a way to address the effects of climate change. Parts of the plan have been lambasted as “not infrastructure” by Senate Republicans, but most agree that water systems should be included.

Land port restrictions at the Texas-Mexico border may be coming to an end in the next few weeks.

Advocates say more members of Congress should reach out to Black and Latino high school students and make them aware of opportunities at the elite schools.

San Antonio researchers have discovered that the COVID virus can use metal ions like magnesium and calcium in your own body as a disguise to hide itself from your immune system.

Many San Antonio businesses that could not adjust their operations to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have failed. But one of the city's oldest businesses stuck with what it knows best — hats and customer service — and survived long enough to reopen. Its customers have included presidents, royalty and entertainers.

Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday issued a disaster declaration for Texas' Southern border, citing “an ongoing and imminent threat of widespread and severe damage, loss of life, property damage, human trafficking, violent crime, and threats to public health” that he attributed to a recent rise in migration.

This weekend HB5, or “The Texas Broadband Bill”, was one of the few pieces of legislation that passed with strong bipartisan support during an especially contentious legislative session.

A bill to overhaul voting rules in the state failed to pass in the Texas House on Sunday night in a victory for Democrats and voting rights advocates. Sunday was the last day of the legislative session that the bill, Senate Bill 7, could have been passed, but it may be brought up again in the future.

A new memorial to the victims of COVID-19 now stretches down S. Alamo and Market streets. It consists of one red heart for every person that has died in Bexar County.