Go to ...

LaredoBuzz.Com

Laredo, Texas

RSS Feed

Friday, October 23, 2026

STATE NEWS

CONGRESSMAN CUELLAR VOTES IN SUPPORT OF SAVING THOUSANDS OF TEACHER JOBS IN TEXAS

  Courtesy Eddie Zavala,   Legislation to bring more than $66 million to school districts in Cuellar’s District, $850,000 to Texas’ Medicaid programs   WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar, TX-28, voted today in support of H.R. 1586, the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act, which will save thousands of jobs for teachers, firefighters and

Congressman Cuellar Instrumental in Passing Emergency Border Security Bill

  Courtesy Eddie Zavala,   Spearheaded effort requesting Pelosi, Hoyer to bring Bill to the House Floor   WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar, TX-28, today helped unanimously pass HR 6080, the 2010 Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill, which provides $600 million to strengthen border security and help reduce violence along the Southwest border.

CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR ANNOUNCES FEMA DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS TO OPEN

  Courtesy Eddie Zavala,   Federal agency to set up shop in Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, and Webb Counties WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Henry Cuellar, TX-28, today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will set up a Joint Field Office in Laredo and Disaster Recovery Centers in several counties affected by the recent

CUELLAR VOTES TO STRENGTHEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE

Courtesy Eddie Zavala, Bill includes Cuellar’s provisions to eliminate government waste   Washington, D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) on Thursday helped pass H.R. 5850, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2011, which makes key investments to protect America’s housing needs and makes much needed improvements to our nation’s

TERRABON AWARDED $2.75 MILLION BY TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY

Courtesy Xochitl Mora,  Texas Governor Rick Perry, City of Laredo Officials and Terrabon Kick-Off Groundbreaking Water Treatment Project  Terrabon Awarded $2.75 Million by Governor Perry and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund for Revolutionary Developments in BioFuel Innovation  Laredo, Texas (July 30, 2010) –– Terrabon, Inc., today joined Texas Governor Rick Perry and City of Laredo

CBP Officers at Del Rio Port of Entry Arrest Monclova Man Wanted on Child Sex Assault Warrant

Courtesy Richard Pauza,     DEL RIO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry this morning apprehended a Monclova , Mexico man wanted on a Dallas-area warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child.  The apprehension occurred on July 30, 2010 at the international bridge. A CBP officer

BORDER FUNDING PASSES HOUSE, TEXAS BORDER LAWMAKERS RESPOND

  Courtesy Ashley Patterson,   House Passes $701 Million in Funding for the Southern Border Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congressmen Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Ciro D. Rodriguez (TX-23), and Silvestre Reyes (TX-16) released the following statement after the House passed late Wednesday $701 million in emergency federal funding

PRESIDENT NOMINATES SECOND FEDERAL JUDGE FOR TEXAS

  Courtesy Ashley Patterson,   Second Federal Judge for Laredo Nominated by the President Washington, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s nomination of Marina Garcia Marmolejo to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. If confirmed by the Senate, Marmolejo will serve

BORDER LAWMAKERS FIGHT FOR EMERGENCY BORDER FUNDS

Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Seven Border Lawmakers Press Leadership for Emergency Funds Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, joined six other southern border lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to urge House Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer to introduce

Older Posts›› ‹‹Newer Posts