Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán is Nashville Public Radio’s political reporter. Prior to moving to Nashville, Sergio covered education for the Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden, Utah. He is a Puerto Rico native and his work has also appeared on NPR station WKAR, San Antonio Express-News, Inter News Service, GFR Media and WMIZ 1270 AM.
In his free time (once in a blue moon), Sergio can be found playing volleyball or in Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and the coolest uncle (feel free to fact-check) to Olivia and Jimena.
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“The notion that borders are open is wrong, and it kind of fires up a very specific political base that's responsive to kind of fear mongering,” said Aileen Teague, who teaches international affairs at Texas A&M. -
Con una orden de restricción temporal emitida, los abortos realizados hasta las seis semanas de gestación podrán reanudarse en el estado.
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The 1925 law at the core of the case was in effect until the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade. It made performing an abortion punishable with up to five years in prison.
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In a memo issued last week, Attorney General Ken Paxton said prosecutors “may choose to immediately pursue criminal prosecutions based on violations of Texas abortion prohibitions predating Roe that were never repealed by the Texas Legislature.”
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Los líderes del partido dicen que la convención de este año muestra que el partido está listo para vencer a los demócratas, solidificar la mayoría del GOP (Gran Viejo Partido, en español) en el estado y ayudar a recuperar el Congreso.
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Texas Department of Public Safety officials were heavily criticized by Uvalde parents and residents for walking back some initial information provided to the public — including key details about the police response.
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State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, who represents Uvalde, told The Texas Newsroom he thinks the decision to allow witnesses to testify in private was “just another lack of transparency.”
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The Uvalde native said he met with the families of the 19 kids and two teachers killed last month at Robb Elementary School.
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Dade Phelan de la Cámara de Representantes de Texas, dijo el Viernes que está formando un comité para investigar de forma independiente el tiroteo en la escuela en Uvalde.
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Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan said it’s “an outrage” that there’s still not a clear picture of exactly what happened at Robb Elementary School, where 21 people were killed.
