Just days after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the November midterm elections, Texas lawmakers representing heavily Latino districts are calling on President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan immigration reform agreement before the new Congress takes office in January.
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Zack Lyke worked his way up from comms director to chief of staff when Nirenberg was mayor, and will now lead his Bexar County Judge office.
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Texas Rep. Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos announced her campaign on Thursday, focusing on affordable healthcare and public education.
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Five City Council members are proposing a new committee to review spending and identify savings year-round following a property tax increase.
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Despite concerns over veteran disability compensation, Republicans pushed through a huge veterans’ benefits bill on a voice vote Wednesday.
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President Donald Trump is threatening to double tariffs on Mexican imports, escalating trade tensions and raising concerns about the economic impact on both countries.
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The money would come from the state’s rainy day fund and be distributed by the end of next year.
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The grants, funded by a fee on Texans’ auto insurance policies, helped install more than 3,200 of the surveillance cameras.
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Texas and California are home to about 22 million people of Mexican origin and account for close to half the money migrants send home from the United States.
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The law remains the same, but the blue tsunami in Texas means the judges interpreting it will change.
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When ICE agents show up at a school, educators rely on a patchwork of policies to know what to do. This year, many state legislatures tried to update those policies.