Top Stories + Texas Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 23, 2009
San Antonio’s Museo Alameda in financial straits
November 19, 2009
After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.
November 16, 2009
15th annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio – more than 1,000 professional & student musicians participating – 8-day festival of mariachi competitions, workshops, presentations, serenades & concerts attracts more than 15,000 visitors annually.
The first Texas Hispanic legislators didn’t want to go public when they organized some 40 years ago out of fear they might be considered “un-American.” – Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) is growing in influence — and raising record amounts of money — as Texas’ population turns increasingly Hispanic.
October 28, 2009
Mexicans Fleeing Violence Spur a Boom in El Paso – Spike in Murder Rate in Juárez Is Among the Factors Boosting Nightlife and Home Sales in U.S. Border City
October 26, 2009
In Dallas, Drivers Ticketed for Inability to Habla Ingles – over the past three years, wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English
October 13, 2009
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has named an executive with South Texas roots to be the voice of the nation’s Hispanic business community. – Javier Palomarez
October 9, 2009
Justice Eva Guzman – A judge whose Mexican immigrant mother earned only a third grade education and worked as a cleaning woman was named to the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday, becoming the first Latina to serve on the state’s highest court.
September 10, 2009
2010 and counting: Growing influence – More counties are mostly Hispanic – Texas
August 18, 2009
Ted Cruz: A GOP bid in Texas to win the Hispanic vote – The state’s former solicitor general, running now for attorney general, hopes his Cuban heritage will be a plus with ‘fundamentally conservative’ Latinos.
August 11, 2009
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is experimenting with a new Latino-themed warehouse store as it hunts for U.S. growth – The Más Club, which opened in Houston on Thursday
August 6, 2009
Analysis: Latinos could be factor in GOP slugfest for Texas Gov – U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry
July 28, 2009
The administration of President Barack Obama is vastly expanding a federal effort begun under President George W. Bush to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails known as Secure Communities. But in Houston where the effort got a trial start eight months ago, people on each side of the immigration debate have found fault with it.
July 16, 2009
In first year, Texas’ $2 million Webcam border watch nets just 11 arrests
June 15, 2009
The president of Texas A&M has resigned — the day before a meeting of school regents to discuss her job. Elsa Murano, the school’s first female and first Hispanic president, announced her resignation in a statement Sunday
June 5, 2009
New & first Hispanic president of Texas A&M University Elsa Murano not getting good grades/reviews
June 2, 2009
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dating another newscaster former San Antonio broadcaster Lu Parker now with KTLA Channel 5
March 10, 2009
The rich flee Mexico drug violence – Fearing for their lives, affluent seek asylum in Houston, other Texas cities
December 29, 2008
Tensions rise with U.S.-Mexican border fence – As construction crews have moved into El Paso, a working-class, largely Hispanic city of 600,000 in Texas’ western corner, emotions have intensified.
December 5, 2008
Ricardo Romo, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio, has been appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on a 23-member commission charged with exploring options for creating a national museum dedicated to American Latinos.
November 12, 2008
Critics cry foul over DPS license checkpoint plan – Some lawmakers say stops would unfairly target illegal immigrants – Texas
November 7, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama has looked to South Texas where he selected University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College President Juliet V. Garcia to join his transition team
October 28, 2008
Sam’s Club opening new store called Mas Club – will be opened in Houston the first half of 2009
October 15, 2008
One of the nation’s poorest school districts, already tousled by a hurricane and nervously awaiting division by a fence being built along the U.S.-Mexican border, won a coveted $1 million prize Tuesday for making academic advances. – The Brownsville Independent School District serves nearly 50,000 students — 98 percent Hispanic and 43 percent learning English.
October 6, 2008
Make No Mistake : ICE Raid of Citizen Latina Wasn’t a Mistake -A Port Isabel woman who has been a U.S. citizen for 40 years has immigration agents storm into her house.
September 25, 2008
Texas cleanup spurs labor need – Undocumented workers will be linchpin in efforts
September 22, 2008
Legal and illegal, Latinos labor to rebuild Texas after hurricane
September 19, 2008
Esperanza “Hope” Andrade, a San Antonio native who was born into a family of cotton farmers and rose to become a successful businesswoman, was formally sworn in as Texas secretary of state Thursday, becoming the first Hispanic woman to fill the post.
September 16, 2008
RIP :: Israel Cuéllar considered pioneer in Hispanic mental health care – San Antonio
August 11, 2008
As Valley border fence work begins, questions resurface – Feds take steps to make sure only legal workers build barriers
July 30, 2008
70% of Houstonians over the age of 60 are Anglo. 75% of Houstonians under the age of 30 are non-Anglo, mostly Hispanic. The conclusion is obvious. In a few years Houston will be a predominantly Hispanic city. Further, if Hispanics don’t prosper, Houston won’t prosper.
July 29, 2008
Texas will probably appeal a court ruling mandating a new language program for an estimated 140,000 junior high and high school students who don’t have command of the English language, state officials said Monday.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has tapped San Antonio attorney Juan Sepulveda to head his Texas presidential campaign.
July 23, 2008
Border Patrol NOT Checking Documentation of Valley Evacuees – Texas
July 17, 2008
Web developer turned small blog into influential convention – Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, founder of the blog Daily Kos
June 24, 2008
Professor to join Hispanic journalists’ hall of fame – Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
June 19, 2008
Cuban immigrants reach Texas after being snatched by gunmen in Mexico
June 10, 2008
Texans head across the border to save on gasoline
May 29, 2008
Texas cities join suit against Mexico border fence
May 21, 2008
Hurricanes, Citizenship, and the Makings of an Unnatural Disaster
May 6, 2008
South Texas town abolishes 1931 segregation law (against Hispanics)
April 28, 2008
Nun who led civil rights march in Dallas leaving for Mexico – Sister Consuelo Tovar
April 10, 2008
Assault Over Immigration Poster Refuted – + video link – (this Texas middle school incident was picked up by many bloggers and other sites but I held back for some reason – now I am glad I did)
March 31, 2008
Immigration agents arrest 49 during raids of Dallas Latino night clubs
March 13, 2008
Study: McAllen area Hispanic children have fewer opportunities – Texas
March 9, 2008
Documentary about baby sitter’s trial sparks anger in Mexico – Film challenges case against immigrant sent to prison for stuffing paper towels down boy’s throat.
Immigration crackdowns in Irving, Farmers Branch followed rise in Latino students – Texas
March 6, 2008
Hispanic Women Outvote Men in Texas
March 5, 2008
Texans ponder where superhighway might take them – the Trans-Texas Corridor or the so-called NAFTA Superhighway – (I haven’t seen much on this but it is important)
Clinton squeaks past Obama on Hispanic vote, final week
February 28, 2008
1,200 in El Paso hear George Lopez back Obama
February 27, 2008
Hispanic group calls for boycott of Houston Rodeo
February 25, 2008
Texas Hispanics Face a Tough Choice in Primary
Hispanic Spending in Texas to Surpass $2 Million – Primary Showdown Benefits Telemundo, Univision as Clinton, Obama Camps Pour Money Into Lone Star State
February 21, 2008
Texas Latino voters younger than statewide average
Texas Latino community plays hard to get
February 20, 2008
Battle for Texas Latino vote challenges conventional wisdom – Some analysts say Clinton is the front-runner, but a new report shows Obama has erased her advantage among Latinos.
February 14, 2008
Raúl Salinas, poet, teacher and activist, dies – Austin resident and bookstore owner gave voice to Chicano struggle.
Oklahoma’s crackdown on illegal immigration draws Texas lawmakers’ interest
February 7, 2008
Clinton, Obama to compete for Texas Hispanic vote
February 5, 2008
Never friendly when U.S. plays Mexico – Mexico vs US – soccer in Houston tomorrow
February 4, 2008
Illegal immigrants come to Texas from inside the U.S. as other states pass tough laws
January 30, 2008
Mayor Tom Leppert invites Mexico’s leaders to Dallas
January 28, 2008
Texas Sen. Leticia Van de Putte to give Democrats’ Spanish State of the Union response
January 23, 2008
Farmers Branch bans illegal immigrants from renting houses – Houses added to ban for illegal migrants; foes say courts will step in again
January 22, 2008
Round Two: Farmers Branch Vs. Illegal Immigrants
Youthful wave of Latino activists tackling both past, present issues
January 17, 2008
Judge orders city to give up land for fence study – Eagle Pass, Texas
January 16, 2008
Racial slurs, vandalism drive Hispanic family from Benbrook home – Fort Worth, Texas
January 14, 2008
A Texas Divided Will Be Broken In Two – South Texas Residents Are Struggling, Together, Like Never Before, to Stop the Border Wall and Militarization Being Imposed from Up North
January 7, 2008
Dallas paper under fire for its “Texan of the Year” – (in case you missed it, I posted about this last week – the illegal immigrant was chosen – now the nastiness has begun)
January 3, 2008
Photos used to expel Mexicans from U.S. schools
December 11, 2007
Argentinian Ginobili gives world-class effort
Dr. Elsa Murano tapped to be President of Nation’s 6th largest University
Suits fuel debate over English-only rules at work
December 9, 2007
Texs A&M set to name first female and Hispanic president – Elsa Murano sole finalist for job vacated by Robert Gates.
December 6, 2007
Special Toy Drive Underway For Children Locked Up in Immigrant Detention (Latina Lista)
December 3, 2007
Dallas immigration officials cracking down on those who ignore deportation orders
University of Texas Medical Branch may stop offering cancer care to illegal immigrants – Galveston
November 25, 2007
Houston girl’s book tells of life as an immigrant – Yuliana Gallegos
November 19, 2007
Survey: More see immigration as cultural threat – Most of region’s whites also want those who hire undocumented workers punished – Houston
November 15, 2007
Irving police arrest activist Carlos Quintanilla
November 13, 2007
Creator of McDonald’s burrito recognized – A Cuban
Hispanics absent from history lessons – Texas (if true in Texas imagine the rest of the country)
November 11, 2007
Longhorns en Espanol Big in Austin
November 4, 2007
So you’re a fan of Frito pie? Thank a Mexican immigrant
Irving jail sees sharp decline in illegal immigrants – Texas
October 21, 2007
A matter of ethnicity and journalistic ethics – the Rebecca Aguilar saga in Dallas
October 15, 2007
Court refuses to throw out Farmers Branch lawsuit – Texas
October 14, 2007
Texan mayors threaten court to stop border fence
Hispanic exodus from Irving hurts businesses – Texas
Even allies divided in Irving’s immigration fight – United in opposition to migrant policy, one group gets aggressive while other urges dialogue – Texas
October 10, 2007
Farmers Branch residents in a paint brawl – Some see shades of racism in move to tone down home colors – Texas
October 8, 2007
Hispanics in Irving feeling disheartened – Immigration stance affecting citizens’ comfort level, too
October 4, 2007
Deportation fears reaching schools – Irving parents withdrawing kids, may keep them out – Texas
October 3, 2007
Mayors along the Texas-Mexico border have begun a quiet protest of the federal government’s plans to build a fence along the border: They are refusing to give access to their land. – (awesome)
September 30, 2007
Vast US military base near border relies on Mexican labor – Fort Bliss – El Paso, Texas
September 27, 2007
Like so many others, he didn’t make it past ranch – Young Honduran quietly buried at Laredo cemetery
Hundreds protest Irving’s rise in deportations – Texas
September 25, 2007
Specs for Texas-Mexico Border Fence Finalized (Latina Lista)
September 12, 2007
Houston taco truck owners sue over new regulations
September 11, 2007
Democrat Linda Reyna Yanez joins race for Texas Supreme Court
August 21, 2007
The border: El Paso in the middle
August 9, 2007
Little Mexico almost gone – Dallas
August 2, 2007
Latino ‘geniuses’ set to put heads together – Latin@ Genius: Locos, Dreamers and Visionaries
July 31, 2007
In minority neighborhood, kids risk of cancer soars – Houston
July 26, 2007
Three charged in Mexican-style kidnapping ring in Houston
July 23, 2007
Hispanic college enrollment increases but participation rate lags – Texas
July 19, 2007
Dallas sees 80% rise in citizenship applications
Dallas/Ft. Worth Retailers Benefit Significantly by Latino Growth, Study Shows – According to the findings of a recent survey by Rincon & Associates, Dallas/Ft. Worth area retailers are benefiting significantly from the surge in Latino population growth and buying power.
July 16, 2007
Houston’s Metro hits a roadblock in recruiting of Hispanics – Despite agency’s vigorous outreach efforts, the group makes up just 16% of its work force
July 15, 2007
Energy, humor propel Texas lawmaker to national stage – Leticia Van de Putte – co-chairing next year’s Democratic National Convention
The Farmers Branch Rotary Club mum over its rejection of Hispanic businesswoman – Texas
June 25, 2007
Nation’s first church-based immigration ministry announced in Austin – ISAAC: Immigration Service and Aid Center
June 4, 2007
Hispanic military museum is planned – San Antonio
May 15, 2007
The children of Mexican immigrant entrepreneurs are beginning to run the now-booming businesses their parents built from scratch after making their home in Houston
May 13, 2007
Illegal immigrants lose in Farmers Branch vote
May 7, 2007
The Woodlands is a hot spot for rich Mexicans – (a planned community north of Houston)
April 12, 2007
Largest Latino Museum Opens in San Antonio, Texas
April 10, 2007
The Fort Worth school district is planning to start a new dual-language teaching format that will allow elementary school students to become fluent in Spanish and English.
April 8, 2007
Undocumented work force is highly important to the state economy – Texas
April 4, 2007
Hispanics power slow to be realized at polling places
March 29, 2007
Gonzales admits tough position at Houston event
March 14, 2007
Detained immigrants in Texas, Massachusetts seek single voice
It isn’t New York, but San Antonio is a Madison Avenue in its own right – (of Hispanic Marketing)
March 13, 2007
Number of Hispanic women with HIV grows – El Paso, Texas
March 12, 2007
A husband’s deportation leaves his U.S.-born wife, kids in limbo
March 9, 2007
Say-it-in-Spanish ruling protested – Should a lawyer be required to translate court documents into Spanish if a defendant doesn’t speak English? – Dallas
Is the immigration debate fueling violence against Hispanics?
February 27, 2007
Texas talks tough on illegal immigrants
February 16, 2007
Largest business association joins immigration debate – The Texas Association of Business, Hispanic groups agree state has no place in reform, measures
February 12, 2007
Compensating bilingual government workers gaining popularity in state – Texas
Hispanic-owned companies joining the corporate mainstream – Houston
February 5, 2007
Border Policy’s Success Strains Resources – Tent City in Texas Among Immigrant Holding Sites Drawing Criticism
12-screen Spanish theater to open in Dallas
February 2, 2007
2nd Migrant March will get personal – Migrant March II – San Diego to Brownsville and back
February 1, 2007
Nation origin bias suit settlement gives $2.8 million to Latino employees – Texas
January 31, 2007
Vote Keeps Illegal Immigrants In Detention Center – Children who aren’t charged with any type of crime will remain behind bars in Williamson County. – Texas
January 30, 2007
Drop-Out Rate a Crisis for Texas
University of Texas at El Paso graduation rate among lowest in nation
January 29, 2007
Local Hispanic students getting boost of confidence with advanced placement tests – Waco, Texas
January 26, 2007
Proposed Immigration Bill Denies Kids Citizenship – Texas
January 18, 2007
In Texas, a city divided over illegal immigration – Farmers Branch
January 16, 2007
State Senator Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) filed legislation authorizing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to operate a prison facility in Mexico
January 7, 2007
Dallas restaurant to let patrons purchase pizza with pesos
January 3, 2007
Immigration sure to be front-and-center topic – Texas (good overview for the state)
December 28, 2006
Work visas scarce for unskilled laborers
December 18, 2006
Drug cartels turn to kidnapping in South Texas – Officials say pressured cartels turn to abductions on U.S. side of the border for ransom
December 14, 2006
How the G.O.P. Got Blindsided in Texas – What does the Democrats’ upset victory in a congressional special election mean for the two parties’ battle for the Hispanic vote in 2008?
December 13, 2006
Rodriguez stuns Bonilla in Texas runoff – Democrats win another seat
Interactive Map of ICE Raids on Swift & Company Meat Packing Plants in Six States
December 12, 2006
U.S. jury gives 90 years for race hate attack (on a Hispanic youth) – Texas
December 8, 2006
Immigrants pay off big for Texas’ economy
December 7, 2006
Gov. Perry assails some limits on migrants – Texas
