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BB&T-SunTrust deal may be the first of a wave of bank mergers

By Mitchell Hartman

February 07, 2019

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Border life: Butterflies vs. walls along the Rio Grande

February 05, 2019

The three southern-most counties of Texas are home to more than 300 butterfly species. The National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX is holding out hope that a border wall won't be built on its property. — Filipa Rodrigues/Marketplace

A planned expansion of a border wall threatens a critical habitat in South Texas.

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There's yet another proposal to get the government out of the mortgage-guarantee business

By Amy Scott

February 05, 2019

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Border life: They're fighting a wall that would divide their land

February 04, 2019

Rey Anzaldua, 73, sits in his cousin Fred’s dining room on Thursday, Jan. 31 2019, mulling over documents the federal government has sent the family seeking permission to build a wall on their land. He says the family will never sign over the rights and the government will have to take the land through eminent domain if a wall is going to be built on their property. — Filipa Rodrigues/Marketplace

Fred Cavazos and Rey Anzaldua say a planned expansion of a South Texas wall would hurt their livelihood and is disruptive to their family history.

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Border life: A rancher's economic argument for a wall

January 31, 2019

Rancher Richard Guerra stands in a hallway in his McAllen, Texas home on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.  Guerra supports a border wall as a way to help prevent fever tick-carrying animals from crossing into Texas from Mexico. — Filipa Rodrigues/Marketplace

“For us it’s more from an agriculture point of view. It’s not about politics.”

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Border life: The outlet mall in Laredo

January 29, 2019

People driving across the border from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico are greeted by a massive outlet mall, Outlet Shoppes at Laredo in Laredo, Texas, that sells everything from sneakers and T-shirts to kitchenware and iPhones, shown here on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. — Filipa Rodrigues for Marketplace

Here on the Texas-Mexico border, most people don’t think about the boundary as much more than an inconvenient passport check.

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What should federal workers do about money during the shutdown?

By Jana Kasperkevic

January 15, 2019

Protesters hold signs during a protest rally by government workers and concerned citizens against the government shutdown on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 at Post Office Square near the Federal building, headquarters for the EPA and IRS in Boston. The rally was organized by The American Federation of Government Employees. New England has 516 EPA employees that is now down to a staff of 22. — JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP/Getty Images

We asked the experts.

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Why the Chamber of Commerce is making a case for bipartisanship

By Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

January 14, 2019

The U.S. Capitol is seen at dusk, Jan. 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Chamber of Commerce wants lawmakers to end the shutdown. And to do it, they'll need to reach across the aisle.