Invierten 2 mdd para evitar el avance del Sida Podrán brindar más y mejores servicios gratuitos para la población Para combatir el avance del Sida en esta comunidad, el Departamento de Salud tiene un fondo de 2 millones de dólares que servirá para ofrecer más y mejores servicios gratuitos para la población y reducir la incidencia de esta enfermedad pues Webb es uno de los condados con… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the second year of a four-year, $2 million federal grant to tackle HIV/AIDS in Laredo. The first budget year’s grant amount was $500,000. The grant, which runs from 2014 to 2018, is for a total of $2 million and was awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help the City of Laredo Health… Read more »

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) offered his thoughts on President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address delivered Tuesday evening. The address touched on a number of topics but centered on four main questions: • How do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? • How do we make technology work for us, and not against us –… Read more »

Published: January 12, 2016 8:00 am By Christine Ayala and Elizabeth Koh Update 4:10 p.m.: this post has been updated with guest comments throughout WASHINGTON– A few notable Texans will be scattered among the political elite at President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union Address Tuesday. The White House is painting the speech as non-traditional and… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar will host an elementary school student from Laredo to see President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address. The student, Anthony Garcia, 11, who attends Cuellar Elementary School, was chosen out of 105 fifth-grade students at the school who participated in an essay-writing competition about positive habits that have made them a better leader, and… Read more »

Local elementary student attending State of the Union Address By: Victoria Young LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - On Tuesday, president Barack Obama will give his last State of the Union Address, an event that some call historic. One Laredo student will be joining Congressmen Henry Cuellar at Tuesday's State of the Union Address. Libraries are typically quiet places, but on this day… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that he secured a $2.5 million-dollar increase in federal funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Outreach Program to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity in High Risk Areas (those counties with an obesity rate above 40 percent). Hidalgo County is the only county in the congressman’s district that meets the… Read more »

Texas congressional delegation declares the session a success KEVIN DIAZ WASHINGTON — Whether it was the best of times or the worst of times, the 2015 edition of Congress sent much of the Texas delegation home for the holidays feeling satisfied, if not quite merry. Presidential candidate Ted Cruz accused the ruling GOP leadership of “playing Santa Claus to the lobbyists and K… Read more »

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