Laredo teachers share concerns on state policies at local event lmtonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmtonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Laredo Representatives talk Dems walkout June 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 A group of Texas House Democrats huddle in the office of state Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, on Sunday, May 30, 2021.State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas.Show MoreShow Less 2of6 4of6 Texas State Rep. Richard Pena Raymond, D-Laredo, right, talks with Rep. Lynn Stucky, R-Denton, during Special Session, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017.Jerry Lara / San Antonio Express-News fileShow MoreShow Less 5of6 6of6 According to Richard Raymond, the state representative for District 42 in Texas, he and other Democrats did not just walk out from the legislative proceedings on Sunday night but rather the vote on Senate Bill 7 never made it to the floor for debate as there was no quorum, or no sufficient number of state representatives.
Democrats Back Beto O Rourke for Texas Governor as Greg Abbott to Sign Carry Gun Bill On 5/25/21 at 4:53 AM EDT Speculation is mounting over whether former Democratic presidential candidate and gun control advocate Beto O Rourke will run for governor of Texas, as the state looks set to allow people to carry handguns without a license. Democrats are keen for O Rourke to give an answer over whether he would challenge GOP Governor Greg Abbott in 2022. Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa told the Associated Press that impatience is not the word for it, in referring to wanting confirmation of an O Rourke gubernatorial run, but anxious is.
Webb County party chairs, professor discuss Trump s Facebook ban May 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Former president Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 in Orlando.Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post Earlier this week, Facebook’s oversight board concluded that former President Donald Trump’s ban could be upheld if the reasons were justified. A local communications professor and the Webb County party chairs expressed varying opinions on the decision to LMT. “It’s so complicated, because on one hand a lot of people would say that it’s a private company,” Texas A&M International University assistant professor of communications Arthur Soto-Vasquez said. “So they can do what they wish on their platform because they have rules and they say if you follow these rules you can be on them, and if you don’t then we reserve the right to kick you off the platform. They can choose what they will.
Lieutenant governor hopeful Mike Collier visits Laredo May 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Mike Collier met with around 10 members of the Webb County Democratic Party at their headquarters in north Laredo, Thursday, April 29.Julia Wallace /Laredo Morning Times Mike Collier, a Texas Democrat who has twice run for lieutenant governor, is testing the waters for a third run. He has made up his mind to run again in 2022, but for the next two months he will be traveling across the state to meet with the local Democratic Parties and make sure they support his candidacy. Last Thursday, Collier met with around 10 members of the Webb County Democratic Party at their headquarters in north Laredo.
O'Rourke Appears To Be Campaigning, But Nobody Knows For What iheart.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iheart.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
O'Rourke Appears To Be Campaigning, But Nobody Knows For What iheart.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iheart.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Beto O Rourke is still campaigning. But for what? Bryan Mena, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Beto O Rourke speaks during the general session at the Texas Democratic Convention Friday, June 22, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)Richard W. Rodriguez, FRE / Associated Press LAREDO — The placid skies and balmy, springtime heat in South Texas made waiting outdoors tolerable on a recent Saturday this April. Around midday, about two dozen masked volunteers mingled outside the Webb County Democratic Party headquarters, pop music blaring in the background. Most were waiting in a scattered, socially distanced line to greet Beto O’Rourke, the former U.S. Senate candidate who in 2018 gave Texas Democrats their best shot at unseating a statewide Republican official in decades. Each would get an opportunity to pose for a photo with one of the state’s most prominent Democrats, who was wearing his usual blue button-up shirt, before heading out to another shift of block walking.
Beto O'Rourke is still campaigning. But for what? sacurrent.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sacurrent.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.