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Rep. Cuellar Works Hard to Deliver $19,167 in Federal Funds to McMullen County School District

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WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $19,167 in federal funds from the Department of Education for McMullen County Independent School District. The federal funds authorized under Title I Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provide financial assistance to school districts for services that improve the teaching and learning of children at risk of…

Rep. Cuellar Works Hard to Deliver $545,485 in Federal Funds to Cotulla Independent School District

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WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $545,485 in federal funds from the Department of Education for Cotulla Independent School District. The federal funds authorized under Title I Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provide financial assistance to school districts for services that improve the teaching and learning of children at risk of not…

Rep. Cuellar Works Hard to Deliver Over $35 Million in Federal Funds to Webb County School Districts

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WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $35,145,825 in federal funds from the Department of Education for United, Laredo and Webb Consolidated Independent School Districts. The federal funds authorized under Title I Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provide financial assistance to school districts for services that improve the teaching and learning…

Rep. Cuellar Works Hard to Deliver Over $2.6 Million in Federal Funds to Zapata County Independent School District

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WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $2,642,905 in federal funds from the Department of Education for Zapata County Independent School District. The federal funds authorized under Title I Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provide financial assistance to school districts for services that improve the teaching and learning of children at risk of…

Rep. Cuellar Works Hard to Deliver Over $11 Million in Federal Funds to Starr County School Districts

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WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $11,336,910 in federal funds from the Department of Education for Rio Grande City Consolidated, Roma and San Isidro Independent School Districts. The federal funds authorized under Title I Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provide financial assistance to school districts for services that improve the teaching…

PROGRESS TIMES: $37M in federal funds announced for La Joya, Mission and Sharyland school districts

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Three school districts in the Mission area will receive millions in federal funds that will help them prepare students in meeting state academic standards The La Joya, Mission and Sharyland school districts received a combined 37,881,283 in federal funds from the Department of Education, according to a news release. La Joya ISD received the biggest portion of the money…

KGNS-TV: Local airport moves forward with terminal improvement plan

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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - An airport of the future is the goal the Laredo International Airport says it’s trying to achieve with its new terminal improvement plan. Some of the renovations include moving the security checkpoint to allow for more room, offering more food and drink options, and modernizing the bathrooms. “We know the bones of this terminal are great, but we want to improve the…

Rep. Cuellar Releases 2019 FBI Crime Statistics for Texas Border

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Washington, D.C.—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released FBI crime statistics from 2019 demonstrating that border communities are safer than non-border major cities in the United States. “As someone who lives and raises their family on the border, I have found the rhetoric about our southern border offers little resemblance to what is on the ground,” said Congressman…

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE: As Texas reopens, border leaders say restrictions at international bridges should be lifted

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For a few days last spring, Amy Guadiar was able to take her mind off the shoppers from Mexico her store has been missing since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the borderland. The government’s one-time stimulus checks, issued in April, briefly brought shoppers from El Paso back to Contigo, a downtown El Paso garment store that’s suffered financially since the Trump administration closed…

LAREDO MORNING TIMES: Virtual walk raises awareness for Alzheimer’s

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With necessity being the mother of invention, the fifth edition of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Laredo adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic with a hybrid event Saturday featuring a virtual opening ceremony, a drive-through Promise Garden hosted at Texas A&M International University and participants walking remotely while sharing the experience through an app and social media. “The walk…