TribBlog: Perry Releases Updated Security Plan
Gov. Rick Perry today released his updated homeland security plan, and border congressmen want to know why he's not sending more federal security money to the border. Full Story
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TribBlog: Bad News for Texas Immigrants
A midterm Congressional report released today by the National Latino Congreso asserts Texas’ U.S. House delegation votes against progressive immigration reform proposals 63 percent of the time. Full Story
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Who's in Charge?
When high-ranking officials in the Obama administration travel to Mexico today to discuss that country's role in combating border violence, one key member of the team will be missing: the commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection division of the Department of Homeland Security, whose nomination has languished in the U.S. Senate since September. Full Story
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TribBlog: Health Care Passes; Texans Sound Off
House lawmakers passed the Senate version of long-awaited health care reform on Sunday night. And Texas leaders were quick to fire off on it. Full Story
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TribBlog: Cuellar Votes Aye
The Laredo congressman will support federal health care reform legislation. Full Story
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TribBlog: Cuellar Still on the Fence
Laredo Congressman Henry Cuellar is one of the last undecided House members mulling over the federal health care bill. He still has a few concerns. Full Story
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TribBlog: Border Leaders on Drone Bandwagon
A group of elected officials and business leaders from the Texas-Mexico border today joined Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar in calls for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deploy unmanned aerial surveillance drones to monitor the border. Full Story
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Ticked
The worst outbreak of fever-tick infestations in South Texas in four decades has ranchers and animal-health officials scrambling to prevent not just a loss of billions to the state cattle's industry but an outright ban on our cattle. Full Story
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Henry Cuellar Explains It All
The Democratic U.S. House member from Laredo lays out the options for proceeding on health care reform. Full Story
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The Remedy
Should Congress salvage health care reform? How? Is it possible? Democrats in the Texas delegation sound off. Full Story
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TribBlog: A Bridge to Somewhere
U.S. and Mexican authorities can still put aside their differences long enough to link the two countries together. Full Story
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USDA Approved: Jail Construction
Some Texas sheriffs are looking to an unlikely source to get them out of the hole as private prisons win away federal contracts for inmates and put the financial squeeze on county jails. Full Story
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