Alex Ossola

You visited a development called Monticello in West Lico.

What's been going on there?

Got it.

And it sounds like it's not just the housing developers that are feeling the impact here.

Elizabeth, some of the stuff you're talking about seems kind of specific to South Texas.

Are we seeing this in any other parts of the U.S.?

That was WSJ reporter Elizabeth Findel.

Thanks, Elizabeth.

And that's what's news for this Wednesday afternoon.

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Here's your midday brief for Wednesday, February 11th.

I'm Alex Osola for The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S.

economy added 130,000 jobs in January, its strongest growth in more than a year.

The surprisingly strong gains were concentrated in the health care and social assistance sector.

budget deficit will remain roughly flat for the next two years and then widen over the next decade.