Laredo Times

41 schools to share $8.2 million in Texas Workforce Commission grants

By John Sammon | Aug 7, 2020

Over $8 million in grants have been awarded to 41 colleges, technical institutes, community colleges and independent school districts by the Texas Workforce Commission for a program that's supporting education for high-demand jobs in Texas.

Cuellar backs bill to preserve Zapata County ranchers' cattle-grazing leases

By John Sammon | Jul 26, 2020

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has proposed a bill and secured $500,000 to protect and extend cattle grazing leases in Zapata County along the Mexican border in Texas, properties that some families’ ancestors have worked for over a century.

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Texas Relief Fund comes to the aid of restaurants vandalized in the wake of George Floyd killing

By John Sammon | 4 years ago

The Texas Relief Fund has been created to provide funding for restaurants in communities across the state suffering from COVID-19 restrictions, and now including those vandalized in the protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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State's high court extends COVID-19 eviction moratorium until May 18

By John Sammon | 4 years ago

AUSTIN – The Texas Supreme Court extended a moratorium on housing evictions until May 18, giving the state’s residents a little more breathing room during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Amid pandemic and global strife, Texas' oil industry has never seen tougher times

By John Sammon | 4 years ago

MIDLAND – Oilfield experts will tell you it’s a nightmare coming true: a glut of available oil stocks with countries locked in a price war further fueled by a drop in public demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.