Posted: Sunday, September 6, 2015 5:00 pm
KRISTEN MOSBRUCKER | STAFF WRITER
Posted on Sep 6, 2015
by Kristen Mosbrucker
RIO GRANDE CITY — A decade ago Starr County economic development leaders asked developers for the chance at building a movie theater.
“I left the meeting, went back to Dallas and said to myself, ‘They are insane. A theater will not… Read more »
Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), announced long-awaited renovations to the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge, also known as Bridge II, which will begin next month thanks to funds he was able to secure during the House Appropriations Committee Fiscal Year 2014 Budget.
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC of Birmingham, Alabama, has been awarded a $62 million contract from the General… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX), working with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX), announced today the introduction of legislation which will give states more flexibility in how they use federal transportation funds, allowing them to invest more into border infrastructure.
“This is an important bill, one that will undoubtedly… Read more »
Nuevo Laredo, Tam.- La modernización del puente internacional II Juárez-Lincoln es prioridad para el gobierno de Nuevo Laredo, por lo que al igual que la vecina ciudad de Laredo, estaría pugnando para lograr un acuerdo con autoridades federales y así por medio de inversión cien por ciento municipal realizar esta magna obra,
Tras el… Read more »
Two weeks ago, I was successful in adding important language in the Fiscal Year 2016 appropriations bill for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD). This bill will advance the development of a passenger rail between the United States and Mexico.
For years, representatives from both sides of the aisle in Washington, D.C., have worked together to bring… Read more »
It takes about five hours to drive from Monterrey, Mexico, to San Antonio — that's if there's not much of a line at the border.
It's quite a popular route, considering the growing volume of Monterrey émigrés in SA (there's a reason the Stone Oak/Sonterra area is called "Sonterrey" or "Little Monterrey").
So they and others may like the sound of being able to cut that trip down to two… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) last week was successful in adding important language in the Fiscal Year 2016 appropriations bill for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (T-HUD) that specifies that freight corridors stretch all the way to their land ports of entry at the border. The addition of this language adds land ports to the list of… Read more »
A passenger rail between the U.S. and Mexico is one step closer to reality.
The proposed line would link Monterrey with Laredo, San Antonio and other Texas cities.
Language included in a federal appropriations bill for 2016, encourages the Federal Railroad Administration to study what it would take to create the rail and freight line.
Congressman Henry… Read more »
For the past few months, we've put a call out on Opinion pages for writers who are interested in writing for us regularly via our Board of Contributors. Today, we are pleased to announce the 20 who have been selected to serve on this inaugural board, listed below.
All come from different industries and vocations and have varied interests and hobbies. In our first group meeting on… Read more »
