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Whispers of middle-ground decision on Open Skies By Jennifer Scholtes and Martine Powers 06/27/16 10:00 AM EDT With help from Kathryn A. Wolfe WHISPERS OF MIDDLE-GROUND DECISION ON OPEN SKIES: As we first flagged for Pros on Friday, major players in the aviation industry say the State Department has secretly decided its path forward in the showdown between the “big three” and the Middle Eastern ca... Read more »

The Attack Intensifies on the NLRB’s Joint-Employer Standard If you are concerned about this issue, write your legislators and urge them to return common sense to this aspect of labor law. by Jon Hyman Last week was a good week for opponents of the NLRB’s new and more liberal joint-employer standard, announced last summer in Browning-Ferris Industries of Calif. First, Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas D... Read more »

Busca mejorar gobernabilidad Henry Cuéllar, anunció un apartado en la ley de servicios financieros POR: LUIS SUÑER El congresista federal por el distrito 28, Henry Cuéllar, anunció un apartado en la ley de servicios financieros y buen gobierno (por sus siglas en inglés FSGG) para el año fiscal 2017, con el que se busca traer más transparencia y mejorar el desempeño y el servicio al cliente a lo la... Read more »

PASTORS TO MEET IN NEWLY OPENED COMMUNIST CUBA High interest in 1st training session already triggers plans for another Cuba’s communist regime, which for years persecuted Christians and restricted visitors, now is open to Americans for business and vacation travel. For the most part. The Hill reported Friday that even though President Obama has declared that travel to the rogue island dictatorshi... Read more »

The Latino Coalition Concludes Successful 2016 High Impact Small Business Summit Empowering U.S. Entrepreneurs with New Initiatives and Partnerships The Latino Coalition (TLC), the leading national non-partisan organization representing Hispanic businesses and consumers, celebrated and marked its most successful 2016 TLC Small Business Summit to date in Washington, DC. The premiere three-day event... Read more »

Para nuestros dos países, que comparten una de las fronteras más largas del mundo, un alto volumen de comercio de cerca de 1.5 millones de dólares al día, y con 22 millones de estadounidenses de origen mexicano que vive en los Estados Unidos (EU), las buenas relaciones diplomáticas son la base fundamental para el éxito de nuestras economías. Al ser un representante de EU en demarcación fronteriza,... Read more »

Congressman Filemon Vela of Brownsville criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a speech at the State Democratic Party convention. In the speech, Vela referred to an open letter he recently sent to Trump which told the billionaire businessman where to shove his border wall proposals. Vela referenced the letter in his speech. “I wrote that letter because Donald Trump derogatori... Read more »

The bill, unlike the version approved by the House Appropriations Committee, reportedly does not include any provisions on reforming the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s leadership structure or funding. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2017 Financial Services and General Government spending bill Thursday with $22.4 billion in funding across several federal a... Read more »

Texans Enlisting With Pro-Cuba Trade Group A Washington-based interest group has recruited a coalition of Texas educators and business and civic leaders to help convince members of Congress to eliminate the country’s embargo against communist Cuba. Engage Cuba, a non-profit outfit founded last year, said Thursday that more than three dozen members have joined its Texas council, which will spearhea... Read more »