En un momento dado, una inundación repentina que no dé tiempo de reaccionar, puede causar hasta unos 20 millones de dólares en daños materiales Un estudio de factibilidad determinará las acciones necesarias para revitalizar el arroyo Chacón, considerado de alto peligro para inundaciones en la ciudad. FOTO: EL MAÑANA Francisco Díaz | 29/05/2016 LAREDO, TX.- Un comité de transporte e infraestructura... Read more »

Cornyn pushes bill on trade Cornyn pushes bill on trade BROWNSVILLE — Up in Washington D.C., Sen. John Cornyn is busy trying to pass a bill that would positively impact border cities. The bill, called the “Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act,” would encourage public-private partnerships with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or the General Services Administration to boost staffing and make infras... Read more »

Clinton broadens money network as Trump gets started Hillary Clinton is expanding the ranks of her money operation to people new to major Democratic Party fundraising, even as Donald Trump struggles to get the established Republican donor class on board. Since the beginning of 2016, Clinton's campaign added 125 major fundraisers to its list of "Hillblazers," supporters who have helped pull in at l... Read more »

More Religious Freedom Fights in House This Week Last week’s religious liberty battles that began on military and veterans legislation spilled over onto another bill on the floor of the House of Representatives this week. Having lost by one vote last Thursday, Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.) came back again with a measure supporting President Obama’s executive order in 2014 that required federal contra... Read more »

Chacon Creek rehab eyed Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved language in H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 to authorize a feasibility study on rehabilitating Chacon Creek in Laredo. The committee unanimously approved this legislation Wednesday. The language provides for a study on the feasibility of flood ... Read more »

Cuban migrants scramble to claim special status in US Panama has been flying hundreds of Cuban migrants to Mexico, dropping them off close to the U.S. border so they can cross into America. The flights, expected to finish this month, are part of a deal with the Mexican government to relieve a backlog of migrants. Panama is the latest of several Central American countries to close its border to Cub... Read more »

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Funding for new courthouse clears last hurdle Funding for a new federal courthouse in San Antonio cleared a final congressional hurdle Wednesday. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a project prospectus for the new courthouse, according to announcements by U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, and others in Bexar County’s congressional deleg... Read more »

Apoya Henry Cuellar a veteranos El congresista busca gestionar mejores viviendas y transporte, así como vales LAREDO, TEXAS. [LÍDER INFORMATIVO].- Esta semana el Henry Cuellar, congresista de Texas, volvió alzar la voz en pro de los veteranos del condado de Webb y de la Ciudad de Laredo, manifestando las serias carencias que se viven en el sur de Texas, así como en todo el país. En su participació... Read more »

House committee expected to approve funding for nearly $133M federal courthouse in SA A multimillion-dollar plan for a new federal courthouse is expected to approved tomorrow. The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will address on Wednesday plans by the U.S. General Services Administration to construct a new federal courthouse in San Antonio for the Western District of Texas. U... Read more »