STATE NEWS
Courtesy Will Krueger, (AUSTIN) — Senator Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, honored students from Mexico and Spain who attend The University of Texas at Austin (UT) with a reception at the Texas Capitol. Sponsored for the eleventh consecutive year by BBVA Compass Bank, the reception provided students an opportunity to interact with legislators and top-ranking UT officials. “As
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection is announcing that the agency will employ some time-tested measures and some new technologies to help facilitate the annual surge in northbound traffic anticipated over the approaching Holy Week period. The measures are designed to be able to process a larger than normal volume
Courtesy Joe Baeza, (Laredo, Tx)-The Laredo Police Department will be working an Impaired Driver Mobilization STEP grant that has been provided by the Texas Department of Transportation in which police officers will be working overtime in enforcing DWI laws by locating and identifying intoxicated drivers during the spring break holidays. Law enforcement throughout Texas and
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, RIO GRANDE CITY AND BROWSVILLE , TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner David Aguilar recognized Border Patrol agents from Laredo Sector and CBP officers from Brownsville and Rio Grande City for exemplary service at the 2012 Annual Commissioner’s Awards Ceremony held today in Washington , DC .
Courtesy Nancy Atkinson, (Laredo, Tx)_Born in 1941, Carlos “Chale” Atkinson grew up in Brownsville, the southernmost tip of Texas, along the Rio Grande River and Mexico and only 30 minutes away from the Gulf of Mexico. A blend of two countries, locals here proudly combine their Texas and Mexican heritages, as can be seen through the
Courtesy Will Krueger, (AUSTIN) – The Senate Higher Education Committee will begin work immediately on a set of interim charges issued by Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, committee Chair Senator Judith Zaffirini announced last week. “I am grateful to Lt. Governor Dewhurst for assigning our committee these critical, timely charges related to higher education in Texas,”
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this weekend seized alleged cocaine and methamphetamine valued at nearly $1.5 million and apprehended a Mexican citizen who had been previously convicted of voluntary manslaughter in separate, unrelated enforcement actions. The more recent of the two
Courtesy Will Krueger, (AUSTIN) – After months of legal wrangling, a San Antonio federal district court has finalized new boundaries for state legislative districts, including those of Senate District 21. The judges removed Northeast Bexar, Dimmit, Frio and Zavala counties from SD 21 and adds Caldwell County, Southeast Travis County, Eastern Hays County, part of
Courtesy TxDot, AUSTIN –TxDOT announced that it is planning on leveraging as much as an additional $2 billion over the next two years to facilitate construction on some of the states’ high priority projects. The additional funding comes from more efficient and effective ways of managing tax dollars and an anticipation of future federal funding.
Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at the Laredo Port of Entry this week uncovered a deluge of quarantine significant pests, intercepting nine wood-boring pests in nine hours in solid wood packing material at the port’s two cargo lots. The interceptions all occurred during
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