Civil Affairs

12May By Staff/GuestNo Comments

Civil Affairs

Benavides Family Gives Back

By Danny Zaragoza   Commissioner for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Ana Benavides Galo surprised her father Arturo M. Benavides Sr. with a unique birthday present that benefits some Texas A&M International University students financially. (more…)

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12May By Staff/GuestNo Comments

Civil Affairs

City council allows ridesharing in Laredo

By Kenia Zarate On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, City Council of Laredo agreed on allowing ridesharing company Lyft to be a part of the city. Taxicab companies however, are not thrilled about the final decision. They believe that the new ridesharing business will hurt their business. Meanwhile the residents of Laredo think otherwise as they complain about the taxi’s services not being as efficient. (more…)

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9May By Staff/GuestNo Comments

International Affairs, Politics

Cubans Stationed in Mexico Face Uncertainty

By Carmen Garcia President Obama’s last foreign policy decision this past January aimed to treat all migrants coming into the US to be processed equally. The end of the “Wet Feet, Dry Feet” policy—which was an open door to Cuban migrants—came as a sudden compromise, especially to the Cubans who faltered along the way to the US.   (more…)

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8Mar By Staff/GuestNo Comments

International Affairs

Lonely Days for the US

By Gloria Guajardo It has been nearly two months since President Donald Trump took office. In these few weeks, his administration has placed immigrants all over the US on edge. (more…)

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10Feb By Staff/GuestNo Comments

Civil Affairs, Editorial

Skewed News

By Danny Zaragoza The current political culture in the United States has caused Facebook feeds to fill with links to implicitly biased websites which echo the times of yellow journalism’s contribution to the Spanish-American War. (more…)

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10Feb By Rebekah RodriguezNo Comments

Civil Affairs, Education

New Concerns Over State Funding

Drastic cuts to funding are a growing concern for universities in the Texas A&M system. Senate Bill 1, introduced earlier this year as part of the state’s General Appropriations Bill, may result in double-digit budget cuts for several system campuses for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. (more…)

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27Jan By Staff/GuestNo Comments

Civil Affairs

Youth’s Feedback for Plan Viva Laredo

By  Janellie Berlanga, Giovanni Salinas, Danny Zaragoza, Marco Tijerina and Sergio Loera “Small”, “congested” and “boring” are the top three terms used by the youth of Laredo to describe their city as according to the Plan Viva Laredo team as the group continues to work on including feedback from Laredoans of all ages in the plan’s development.   (more…)

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27Jan By Staff/GuestNo Comments

Civil Affairs

Bag Ban Troubles

By Janellie Berlanga Laredo’s only environmental advocacy group is facing legal apprehension in regards to their efforts of keeping Laredo bag free. Over twenty years ago the Rio Grande International Study Center, also known as RGISC, started an organization that advocates for clean water. Specifically, they pay close attention to the Rio Grande where Laredo gets a majority of its drinking water. (more…)

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27Jan By Staff/GuestNo Comments

Education

Achieving Graduation as a Parent

By Betsabe Segovia Being an undergraduate in college is stressful at times. Being a college student, a parent, and holding down a job is even more difficult, especially when affordable child care is hard to find and many parents are working just to pay for the daycare and your classes.   (more…)

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27Jan By I.M. KeroNo Comments

Civil Affairs

The State of the City

On January 12, 2017, Laredo’s Mayor Pete Saenz opened the political New Year with his address on the current state of the city. The address was held at the Laredo Energy Arena for a public audience. (more…)

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