News (Noticias) for Texas
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November 24, 2009
Texas Right of Way Associates Announces: We Are a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
Hispanics have found a higher profile with the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce in the past year, with more outreach efforts planned, chamber officials said Monday.
Zoot-suit wearing “Pancho Claus” has been discharged from a Houston hospital after treatment for an apparent heart attack.- Actor Richard Reyes
Texas Secretary of State Esperanza “Hope” Andrade was the keynote speaker at The National Society of Hispanic MBAs’ 11th Annual Gala on Nov. 5.
November 23, 2009
San Antonio’s Museo Alameda in financial straits
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: Entrepreneurship began early for Gándara family – El Paso
November 21, 2009
ICE audit plan for employers includes El Paso, draws criticism from rights group
November 20, 2009
Angel Reyes Interview About Child Safety In Cars On Good Morning Texas
Anabel Hernández Joins Hughes Watters Askanase L.L.P. – Houston
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.
Hispanic leaders in Texas on Wednesday assailed a draft social studies curriculum under consideration by the State Board of Education, saying it woefully ignores the role that Hispanics have played in shaping state and national history.
A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.
Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros
November 18, 2009
Yanked off the air in July after co-host Don Pryor repeatedly uttered an ethnic slur, “The Todd and Don Show” will return to KLBJ-AM on Dec. 7, according to a statement released jointly by the station’s management and local Hispanic leaders who met earlier today. – Austin
Ray Gomez, news director for Pro 8 News (NBC affiliate), the CW and Telemundo in Laredo, passed away last night.
The Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce recognized leaders from across the Americas at its 26th annual Triunfando awards ceremony this weekend.
Hundreds of defendants awaiting trial for violent crimes in Dallas County have been deported by federal immigration officials and then set free in their home countries. – The practice goes back to at least 1991 and includes the release of murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.
Jaime O. Perez, chief of staff to County Judge Anthony Cobos, announced that he will run for Congress as a Republican. – Perez, 53, will challenge Tim Besco, 42, in the Republican primary for the right to challenge U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas.
After the 2010 Census, new Members of Congress in states like Georgia and South Carolina as well as Arizona and Texas will owe their positions, in part, to the expanding Latino population.
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.
Hispanic Graduate Students Benefit from Online Education Grant – University of St. Thomas in Houston strives to improve retention and graduation rates for Hispanic graduate students. UST received a $2.8 million education grant to offer two options
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.
José Cisneros 1910-2009 – Iconic El Paso artist dies at age 99
Officials at U.T. Permian Basin are hoping to making this weekend’s Hispanic Youth Summit a regular event. – More than 200 high school students from around the Basin and Big Bend have been in Odessa for the Summit.
November 13, 2009
LATINA Style Business Series Welcomes Texas State Representative Jessica Farrar as Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Juliet V. Garcia, the president of University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Ten Best College Presidents of 2009
Reaction to internal affairs investigation touches on Hispanic/police relations – Dallas
Hispanics accounted for more than half of the 95 swine flu-related deaths in Texas in the first six months of the H1N1 pandemic, an analysis by the state health department found.
State elections official fired after poking fun at Spanish-speaking voters – Texas
November 12, 2009
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes on Wednesday announced his plans to seek an eighth term in the 16th Congressional District of Texas.
Hispanic student reunion scheduled Saturday at Texas State University
Texan Students Debate Financial Aid for Illegal Immigrants
Dallas-Fort Worth programs helping Hispanic mothers find teaching moments
November 11, 2009
Univision 23, TeleFutura 49, and Univision Radio’s local stations have partnered to present the 3rd Annual “Festival del Tamal” (Tamale Festival) on Sunday, November 15 from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Dallas Market Hall.
Reporting for the Big Bend Sentinel, Sterry Butcher reported on the US Department of Homeland Security’s new mass deportation program taking place in Presidio, Texas.
Two San Antonio sisters, just back from Iraq, become naturalized citizens – 23-year-old Blanca Estella, right, and 22-year-old Maria Isabel
Cuban man executed Tuesday for Houston slaying
Antonio Cepeda-Benito, dean of faculties for Texas A&M University, has been named in Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the Top 100 Influential Hispanics.
November 10, 2009
Gunmen targeting Hispanic businesses in Houston
A man who helped load smuggled immigrants into a tractor-trailer in which 17 of them later died in Victoria was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison Monday. – Abelardo Flores Jr in Texas
Heroic Texas Latino officer says policewoman at Fort Hood ‘erased a lot of prejudice’ – (interesting)
San Antonio Opera presents Jose Feliciano
November 9, 2009
El Paso County Attorney Jose Rodriguez announces he will seek Texas state Senate seat
2nd annual San Antonio Latino Music Festival rules Main Plaza with variety
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: For Thyme Matters chef, good food becomes a way to connect – Alejandra Chavez in El Paso
November 7, 2009
San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce recognized for excellence – SAHCC receives 4-star accreditation by the United States Chamber of Commerc
November 6, 2009
LULAC leader says new Arlington school should be named for Cesar Chavez
November 5, 2009
Mixed impressions inside the poll numbers – Texans on immigration
Guest Columnist: Sergio Troncoso. Is the Texas Library Association excluding Latino writers?
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tex.), the powerful chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, was the subject of a complaint to ethics investigators last year after an aide contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about the kidnapping of a distant relative of Reyes’s wife.
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes aide: No misuse of power in rescue of relative
November 2, 2009
Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce struggles to end ‘toxic’ rift
Remembrance at the border: Migrants killed while crossing remembered – About 200 attended the vigil hosted by the Border Network for Human Rights to honor the memory of undocumented immigrants who have died while trying to cross the border.
Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: McDonald’s franchise owner said he would never cook another hamburger – Richard Castro in El Paso
Border Media, formerly BMP Radio, is ending Spanish-language broadcasts on four Austin stations as of 1 a.m. Sunday – La Ley 98.9 FM, Digital 92.5 and 104.9 FM, and Juan 1490 AM
October 29, 2009
Jalapeno cheese bun recipe for a proper Texas burger
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: El Pasoan Leroy Candelaria found his niche in nuclear pharmacy
October 28, 2009
Pobre Pecos, Pobres Presos—Justicia Penal para los Inmigrantes en el Condado de Reeves en Texas
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 27, 2009
Judge Who Ordered Texas to Educate Undocumented Students Dies – U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice
October 26, 2009
El Paso-style Lotería: Photographer Rick Jimenez Carrasco comes up with winning idea
In Dallas, Drivers Ticketed for Inability to Habla Ingles – over the past three years, wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English
Hispanic Business Magazine has named Trinidad Aguirre, a San Angelo native, as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the nation
The city spent $15,100 to throw a dinner party for state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, Oct. 15, and city leaders defended the expense as a well-deserved thank you to the powerful senator, despite recent budgetary cutbacks.
October 17, 2009
A book that aims to explain the business and culture of drug trafficking playing out in El Paso and Juárez was released today. – “Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez” is written by University of Texas at El Paso professor Howard Campbell.
Children sang, soldiers paraded and crowds cheered during the historic pageantry of the first meeting of the presidents of the United States and Mexico 100 years ago today in El Paso and Juárez. – The meeting between U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mexican President Porfirio Diaz will be commemorated by events and an exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History that opens Saturday to the public.
The Homeland Security Department said Friday that it has revamped pacts that allow for greater cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local law enforcement in 55 states and cities, including Carrollton and Farmers Branch.
October 15, 2009
National Latino Congreso Issues Call to Action – Action Plans Will be Launched on Justice for Immigrants, Climate Change, Saving Homes, and Creating Jobs during Jan. 2010 National Latino Congreso in El Paso, Texas
October 14, 2009
‘Mr. Raza:’ Soft-spoken activist encourages others to remember their roots – Antonio Santos in El Paso
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
Hotel owner makes Hispanic employees ’shorten’ Spanish names – Texas
Lucha Libre SANTO Poster Exhibit AND Teatro Chicano Invade Laredo, Texas!
The University of Texas at El Paso is pleased to announce that Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Ph. D, chair for the Department of Chemistry, has been honored with the 2009 Distinguished Scientist Award by SACNAS, the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
October 9, 2009
Clear your weekend: ‘La Gloria’ to dazzle with music, film, art, poetry and fashion – San Antonio
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.
October 7, 2009
First steps: Horse helps 8-year-old Rhiannon Hernandez to reach dream – (touching)
October 5, 2009
The San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named Eddie Aldrete as its 2009 Corporate Executive of the Year – senior vice president at IBC Bank-San Antonio.
Houston Chronicle’s La Voz moving to Sunday Newspaper Delivery
Designer Angelina Mata will celebrate San Antonio fashion week with show
Actress Ruby Nelda Perez returns to Jump-Start Theater in November in a new play by Rodrigo Duarte-Clark titled “El Fin del Mundo Motel.” – San Antonio
Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce – Announces Social Media Ambassador Program
Husband and Wife Team Keep Native Traditions Alive – Beatriz Ortega Ruiz y Mario Augustin Gaspar Rodriguez create using a pre-Hispanic technique called pasta de caña de maiz & maque, an indigenous form of lacquer ware that already had a long tradition when the Spaniards arrived 500 years ago.
About 150 Hispanic pastors and church members from across the city gathered for a spiritualistic precursor to Saturday’s meeting at the Convention Center. – San Antonio
October 2, 2009
Study: Hispanics pumped $171 billion into Texas economy in 2008
Azteca America goes Digital on 10.1 in the Houston DMA.
Edna Campos Gravenhorst to present her book at Texas A & M University
October 1, 2009
The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce honored 15 companies Tuesday at its annual Future 15 Celebration at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino.
September 30, 2009
Some Dallas City Council members are suggesting that part of Central Expressway be renamed for civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
Rice University’s mathematician Richard Tapia receives Hispanic Heritage Award
September 29, 2009
Angela de Hoyos, grande dame of Chicano poetry, dies in San Antonio
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: Printing pioneer Juan Barcena brought East Coast techniques to W. Texas
Texas Mexican-Americans birthed by midwives still can’t get Washington to give them a passport
Former Border Patrol Chief Silvestre Reyes Now a Major Player in New Military, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Complex
Texas’ Top 20 Hispanic-Owned Companies 2009
September 28, 2009
ACLU investigating whether Hispanic students were singled out for poor test scores – Texas
Noted Hispanic authors read works for Texas Public Radio’s “Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story”
Que Bajo Bringing a Tropical Party to Austin, Texas
September 24, 2009
The Houston Hispanic Chamber of commerce endorsed Gene Locke for mayor Wednesday.
Local theaters feature films of indie Hispanic directors – San Antonio
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