
With Posada Navideña and Census-themed Lotería, LUPE uses culture, tradition to promote Census participation of Valley colonia residents
Colonias are some of the hardest to count neighborhoods in hard-to-count majority Hispanic counties along the border. But border organization La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) is employing cultural strategies to ensure their inclusion in the 2020 Census.

Rep. Guerra begins work to shape laws affecting affect health of women and infants, rural medicine, behavioral health, and impact of opioids
Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, recently announced the issues that will be closely studied by all House committees during the next year, an assignment that is known as an interim charge, including a series of measures assigned to the House Committee on Public Health.

Powerful House Committee on Redistricting, which will help determine if Valley gets additional seats in the Texas Legislature and in Congress, to meet on Friday at Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance and Saturday at TSTC in Harlingen
The powerful House Committee on Redistricting, which will help determine if the Rio Grande Valley has additional seats in the Texas Legislature and in Congress during the next decade, will meet on Friday afternoon, December 13, 2019, at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance and on Saturday morning, December 14, 2019, at Texas State Technical College in Harlingen, Rep. R.D. “Bobby” Guerra, D-McAllen, has announced.

Congressional delegation announces more than $3 million in federal funds for special education, school safety, and economic development projects
More than $3 million in federal funds for special education, school safety, and economic development projects in the Rio Grande Valley have been recently secured by the Rio Grande Valley’s congressional delegation.

Three U.S. representatives scheduled to join Congressman Vicente González and Lorena Sáenz González for public Christmas Bash & Toy Drive in McAllen on Monday night, December 2, 2019
Area residents will have the chance to play Santa Claus/Mrs. Claus on Monday night, December 2, 2019, by each bringing one unwrapped new toy for deserving children as part of the third annual Christmas Bash & Toy Drive being hosted by Congressman Vicente González, D-McAllen, and his wife, Lorena Sáenz González.

Sen. Zaffirini receives a 2019 Legislative Achievement Award from AARP Texas for her efforts to improve the state’s guardianship system
Sen, Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, who successfully carried legislation last spring to improve the guardian system in Texas, is one of 12 state lawmakers who have received the 2019 Legislative Award from AARP Texas.




















