DALLAS — Confusion reigned in Texas as local governments, nonprofits and state agencies scrambled Tuesday to figure out just how deep cuts from President Donald Trump’s new push to pause federal spending could go.
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted the Trump administration’s sweeping order minutes before the freeze on federal grants and loans was slated to take effect. Should the order go into effect as early as next week, leaders of Texas cities, counties, higher education institutions, public transit agencies and groups aimed at serving vulnerable populations will have to deal with a loss, however temporary, of federal dollars.
