Government and Politics
TAMIU debates: District VI and mayoral candidates at the dais tonight; municipal court candidates debate Friday night
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Event sponsored by Student Government Association & Political Science Association
Community
One City, One Book features First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
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Author Loung Ung to lecture Oct. 5
Commentary & Opinion
Immigrant workers and the origins of Labor Day
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About 8,000,000 undocumented individuals comprise 5% of the American work force
Government and Politics
An open letter From Mayor Pete Saenz
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Re-visiting the four-year $15M collective bargaining agreement with the Firefighters Union and its significant financial impact in a time of overall economic uncertainty.
Taxpayers invited to City Council budget workshops posted for August 13-15, 2018 at City Hall, 5:30 p.m.
Community
Casa de Misericordia: 20-year milestone of shelter for victims of abuse
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Anniversary commemoration July 17 at Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum
Green
In response to Supreme Court ruling On City’s plastic bag ordinance: coalition kicks off Love Laredo B.I.G. (Bag It Green!)” campaign for reusable totes
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Business community & shopping public urged to stop proliferation of one-use plastic bags that end up on the cityscape and in Laredo’s only source of drinking water
Community
LULAC Veterans Council 777 supports PTSD Awareness Day, June 27
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Council to develop resources to help vets
Commentary & Opinion
A plaque in the Hall of Shame for the Laredo Merchants Assn. and their Pyrrhic victory
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Thanks to this “conservative group” we will begin to see trash everywhere once again.
Community
Viviana Frank-Franco, first Laredo architect inducted into prestigious AIA College of Fellows
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Standards of excellence, significant contributions to architecture and society basis for recognition
Green
Texas Supreme Court strikes down Laredo plastic bag ordinance; City to unveil new awareness campaign for public and retailers
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RGISC’s Cortez: fight is not over