Just five months after submitting their application, Kansas City Southern’s presidential permit for a second international railroad bridge in Laredo was approved Wednesday. President Donald Trump signed the permit during his visit to Midland, lauding it as a measure to export Texas crude to Mexico. This new rail bridge will be constructed adjacent and just to the south of the current rail bridge w... Read more »

On Thursday morning, President Donald J. Trump tweeted out an idea regarding potentially delaying the election. He cited potential voter fraud from mail-in ballots due to everyone staying home from the novel coronavirus, an unsubstantiated claim that many experts have said would be unlikely. The tweet by the president immediately caused reactions all around the world, including leading Republican ... Read more »

San Antonio, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $10,000 in federal relief funds to the San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation and $5,000 to Texas Public Radio. This funding, awarded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and distributed by Humanities Texas, will be used to cover both operating and programming expenses, enabling recipients to pay o... Read more »

Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $5,000 in federal relief funds to Webb County Heritage Foundation and $2,500 to Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). This funding, awarded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and distributed by Humanities Texas, will be used to cover both operating and programming expenses, enabling recipients to pay... Read more »

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) co-sponsored and voted for two bills that will strengthen the child care industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Child Care is Essential Act will create a $50 billion Child Care Stabilization Fund within the existing Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program. This much-needed legislation is complemented by the Child Care for Econom... Read more »

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -Thousands of dollars of COVID-19 relief funds will be going to our local university and a local nonprofit organization. On Wednesday, Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that Texas A&M International University will receive $2,500 of federal funds and the Webb County Heritage Foundation will receive $5,000. The funds will be used to cover both operating and programming expenses... Read more »

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -One of the pioneers of the civil rights movement of the 1960's is currently lying in state at the U.S. Capitol. The honorable John Lewis passed away on July 17th and at the moment thousands are lining up to pay their last respect to his legacy. On Monday Congressman Henry Cuellar shared his via Twitter as he said his last goodbyes to the senator. In the past Cuellar says, "Tod... Read more »

Laredo is one of three South Texas areas that have been chosen for a clinical research study for a possible vaccine against COVID-19. The decision was announced by Rep. Henry Cuellar during his “Conversation with Cuellar” virtual press conference. Along with San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley, the Gateway City is among the trio of locations that are part of 89 across the United States where Pha... Read more »

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -Two local school districts have spent millions of dollars on providing technology to students during the pandemic. Congressman Henry Cuellar says there is an urgent need to direct emergency funding to public schools and local governments. When the pandemic hit, millions lost their jobs and feared to lose their homes. As a result, Congress passed legislation that would halt evi... Read more »

SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio is one of several South Texas locations where volunteers will participate in a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. Moderna and the National Institutes of Health announced on Monday that the third phase of testing on a COVID-19 vaccine is getting underway with 30,000 volunteers. That includes three clinical trial sites at Clinical Trials of Texas in San Antonio, Centex Studie... Read more »