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LAREDO MORNING TIMES: Fight for opening international bridges continues, residents express concerns

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A bipartisan push is being made appealing for the federal government to reopen the international bridges Laredo shares with Nuevo Laredo and Colombia, Nuevo Leon to Mexican tourists. Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn led a bipartisan letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf expressing concern with continued travel restrictions at the southern ports…

TEXAS MONTHLY: A Water Treaty Has Aided Mexican and U.S. Farmers for Decades. This Year, It’s Wreaking Havoc.

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In late September, the Rio Grande Valley hardly looks short on water. Sugarcane fields are electric green against a mottled gray sky, threatening a downpour. Orange groves are heavy with fruit. At Mike England’s five-thousand-acre farm in Mercedes, about twenty miles east of McAllen, Brahman cattle lumber through muddy paddocks. But even when rain leaves the Valley lush, England says,…

SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL: Four Bexar County ISDs receive more than $30M in federal funds

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East Central, Randolph Field, Judson and North East independent school districts will receive more than $30.6 million in combined federal funding. The funds are being allocated by the Department of Education based on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The act aims to provide financial assistance to school districts for services to improve teaching and learning for children at…

Rep. Cuellar Works Hard to Deliver Over $30 Million in Federal Funds to Bexar County School Districts

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WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $30,616,169 in federal funds from the Department of Education for East Central, Randolph Field, Judson and North East 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…

Rep. Cuellar Works Hard to Deliver Over $37 Million in Federal Funds to Hidalgo County School Districts

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WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $37,881,283 in federal funds from the Department of Education for Mission Consolidated, La Joya and Sharyland 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…

Rep. Cuellar Works Hard to Deliver Over $1.2 Million in Federal Funds to Wilson County School Districts

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WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $1,223,092 in federal funds from the Department of Education for Floresville, La Vernia and Poth 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 of…

Rep. Cuellar Works Hard to Deliver Over $2.5 Million in Federal Funds to Atascosa County School Districts

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WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $2,517,879 in federal funds from the Department of Education for Jourdanton, Charlotte, Lytle, Pleasanton and Poteet 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…

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…