A mysterious six-week freeze on Texas refugee service funds may have reached its end. In a Friday afternoon hearing at a federal district court, a lawyer for the Department of Health and Human Services said reimbursements to the Texas Office for Refugees,

The Texas Supreme Court will decide whether lawsuits filed against Texas transmission and distribution utilities after the 2021 freeze can move forward.

After a freeze in United States Department of Health and Human Services funding, some Central Texas organizations have been forced to suspend long-standing refugee programs.

Refugees in Austin and across Texas are struggling to make ends meet as service providers shutter due to continued lack of federal reimbursements.

Catholic Charities Fort Worth, a nonprofit organization that serves as Texas’ refugee resettlement office, has sued the Trump administration, claiming the federal government has withheld more than $36 million in grants, leading its partners to lay off workers and close some offices.

With uncertainties around federal funding for higher education, some schools are cutting back. Experts say that could hurt not only students and faculty, but ultimately make the U.S. less competitive.

Texas congressional Democrats are calling on the federal government to release the money it has withheld from the organization that is in charge of distributing reimbursements to the state’s refugee service providers.

SAN ANTONIO - Texas congressional representatives are demanding the release of federal funding for state refugee services. On Thursday, the Office of Congressman Greg Casar joined two other representatives,