Houston Public MediaSep 29, 2025

The Texas congressional delegation has secured about $675 million to pay for community projects across the state in federal spending bills for the next fiscal year. But the funds are all in jeopardy amid the threat of a government shutdown.

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About $675 million earmarked for Texas projects is in limbo as Congress careens toward shutdown

Texas’ congressional delegation obtained tentative funding for infrastructure improvements, university research and other initiatives, but the nearly 350 earmarks are all in jeopardy.

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Houston Public MediaJun 17, 2025

U.S. Reps. Veronica Escobar and Joaquin Castro said their names appeared on a list of targets compiled by the man who has been charged with killing the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting two others on Saturday.

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Two Texas congressmembers named on alleged Minnesota assassin’s hit list

Reps. Veronica Escobar and Joaquin Castro were among the 45 elected officials placed on a hit list by a man accused of killing a former Minnesota House speaker and her husband.

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