He also made a searchable database of the more than $177 million in spending the state has authorized so far. So you can see every budget item for every governmental body (except for the $900,000 in expenditures the governor's office redacted, of course): www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
Database reveals which Texas cities, counties got Greg Abbott's border grants
Explore our database to see which Texas cities and counties received $177 million in grant funds under Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.
www.houstonchronicle.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
He also made a searchable database of the more than $177 million in spending the state has authorized so far. So you can see every budget item for every governmental body (except for the $900,000 in expenditures the governor's office redacted, of course): www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
Matt made a very cool interactive visualizes how the money is being spent. Counties far from the border are cashing in, as long as they're willing to declare an emergency. Want to know how much they're spending on personnel? Vehicles? Software? Check it out
www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
A $177M Texas border spending spree, mapped on a gameboard
Explore our interactive gameboard to see which Texas cities and counties received Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star grants and how they used the money.
www.houstonchronicle.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Matt made a very cool interactive visualizes how the money is being spent. Counties far from the border are cashing in, as long as they're willing to declare an emergency. Want to know how much they're spending on personnel? Vehicles? Software? Check it out
www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
It turned out that @houstonchronicle.com's @benwermund.bsky.social and Matt Zdun were looking into the same thing. So we pooled our resources and found that local governments have become reliant on the easily accessible money they use to buy vehicles, fund capital improvement and augment payroll.
4 major takeaways on how Greg Abbott’s Texas border crackdown dollars were spent
The Express-News and the Houston Chronicle pieced together the most detailed picture to date of spending under Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star. Here are four major takeaways from the...
www.statesman.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It turned out that @houstonchronicle.com's @benwermund.bsky.social and Matt Zdun were looking into the same thing. So we pooled our resources and found that local governments have become reliant on the easily accessible money they use to buy vehicles, fund capital improvement and augment payroll.