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Reports: South Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar to be indicted by Justice Department
In 2022, the FBI raided Cuellar’s Laredo home and campaign office.
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Assclown Alert: Getting what you wish for with the Texas Republican Party
The Texas GOP bears responsibility for Brandon ‘AK Guy’ Herrera’s surprise runoff with incumbent U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales.
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A South Texas candidate sues his town for records he says will prove his opponent’s corruption
Rio Grande City officials called Ediel Barrera’s requests ‘vague or ambiguous.’
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Water scarcity and clean energy collide in South Texas
A high-tech chemical company has purchased the last available water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export.
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Republican National Committee closes minority outreach center in San Antonio
In 2022, RNC officials said the San Antonio center and two others nearer the border were part of a multi-million-dollar bid to woo South Texas Latinx voters.
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Eclipse fever hits Texas towns as residents and officials prepare for a crush of visitors
Llano residents are told to stock up on groceries. A Sulphur Springs church is renting its parking spots. And everyone’s watching the weather forecast ahead of Monday’s eclipse.
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Vicente Gonzalez compares Latino Trump supporters to ‘Jews for Hitler’
The South Texas Democrat said Latinos who support former President Donald Trump are voting against their self interest, but Republicans recoiled at the comparison.
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Bad Takes: Leaders should dump Trump over his disastrous immigration plan
Dennis Nixon, chair of Laredo-based International Bancshares Corp., criticized the border wall and Operation Lone Star yet still backs Trump.
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Presidential candidate vowing to try Trump for treason performs well in South Texas
Armando Perez-Serrato came in second place in Hidalgo, Cameron and Webb counties on Super Tuesday.
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Trump, Biden to visit Texas in competing border trips Thursday
President Joe Biden will meet with law enforcement in Brownsville on Thursday while former President Donald Trump travels to Eagle Pass.
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Far-right Republicans are coming for centrist U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales’ seat in the GOP primary
Gonzales is running for the first time since the Texas GOP censured him for breaking with the party over his positions on gun control and border security.
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San Antonio’s Witte Museum offering guided tour of ancient rock-art murals
The tour will include a visit to the legendary White Shaman mural along with stops at sites not normally open to the public, including Tinaja Canyon, Presa Canyon and Upper Seminole Canyon.
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South Texas faith leaders decry presence of anti-immigrant caravan in Eagle Pass
Counterprotest organizers hoped to shine a light on the dangers of Christian nationalism and its dangerous agenda.
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Why this South Texas county closed half its early voting sites for 2024
A new law requires small counties to increase early voting days and hours — with no new money from the state.
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National Democrats back Michelle Vallejo for 15th congressional district
The U.S. House Democratic campaign arm added Vallejo to its ‘Red to Blue’ program, which supports promising candidates challenging Republican incumbents.
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Texas could swap land in Boca Chica State Park with SpaceX
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to vote in March on a deal that environmental advocates, the Esto’k Gna Tribal Nation of Texas and local officials oppose.
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Border Brawl: What’s Abbott trying to prove in his showdown with the feds?
Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star and seizure of Shelby Park are little more than political theater, according to experts — albeit with real-world consequences.
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Texas industrial sites spewed 2 million pounds of pollution during last week’s freeze
Some of the releases occurred in South Texas counties, including McMullen, Live Oak and DeWitt, which are significant sites of oil and gas exploration.
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Texas faces dangerously low water supplies as experts brace for another hot summer
Scientists say another hot, dry year would drain Texas reservoirs to historic lows and prompt emergency steps, Inside Climate News reports.