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State Rep. Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles , whose House District includes Bee County, made her re-election bid for House District 35 official this week by filing the necessary documents and paying her filing fees at the Texas Democratic Party Headquarters in Austin.

Beeville Rotary Club guest speakers for the month of October included Michelle Wright, Main Street Program director, who discussed goals, projects and events including the promotion of new and expanding businesses, developing a customer data base, developing downtown eye appeal, funding Main Street, Farmers Market and enlisting volunteers for ...

Local members of Congress split along party lines in the late Saturday vote on health care reform, with Republican Lamar Smith voting no, and Democrats Ciro Rodriguez, Henry Cuellar, and Charles Gonzalez voting yes, as the bill squeaked by 220-to-215, 1200 WOAI news reports.

SAN ANTONIO, TX, November 07, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- WHAT: JOSEPH B. DE MOTT, founding partner of the immigration law firm DE MOTT, MCCHESNEY, CURTRIGHT & ASSOCIATES, announced today that for the seventh time, his firm will proudly sponsor and facilitate local participation in "Celebrate America", a writing contest sponsored by the AMERICAN ...

Congress is looking at changing the cost of living adjustment to Social Security.

The sweeping health care overhaul package before Congress is under an 11th-hour attack over a pair of emotional issues, abortion and immigration, that are complicating Democrats' efforts to piece together the coalition they need to pass the bill.

Todd Dantzler, of Winter Haven, announced Wednesday that he will be a Republican candidate for the District 4 seat on the Polk County Commission.

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following news events: - A Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs full committee hearing on Monitoring the Nation's Response on H1N1 Flu.

The Association of Research Libraries has published a hearing summary on the House hearings about the Google Book Settlement.

Valero Energy Corp. Chief Executive Officer Bill Klesse is so sure the Waxman-Markey climate bill will fail to become law that hea s making no strategic adjustments to cope with the legislation.

Immigrant advocates and historians say Sen. Edward Kennedy's most lasting legacy may be immigration legislation he pushed through Congress in 1965.

In this Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks at an immigration rally on the National Mall in Washington.

"We know that we have to take on the pharmaceutical companies when it comes to the cost prescription drugs," Rodriguez said today.

One of the greatest challenges for minorities in any democracy is that their priorities often differ with those of the majority.

New NADBank projects financed by loans and grants: Four loans for sewage collection and treatment in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, and a fifth project in nearby Tijuana to build two new public-supply water tanks and expand sewage collection.

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor refused Wednesday to detail her personal views on abortion or the legal right to self-defense, again avoiding any statements that might harm her chances of confirmation.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez is taking issue with the findings of a recent study of the uninsured.

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals is gearing up for its 2003 Annual Hispanic Marketing Conference and Expo in Austin, Texas.

A sharply divided House of Representatives narrowly passed a White House-backed climate change bill Friday after hours of cajoling and arm-twisting by Democratic leaders among members worried about the legislation's potential economic and political fallout.

Proposed legislation would make it easier for small businesses to qualify for the home office tax deduction.