Month: September 2019

Hundreds of polling places have closed across the state as Texas leads the nation in what civil rights advocates call one of the most pernicious tactics aimed at keeping minority voters from casting ballots. Texas has shuttered 750 polling places since 2012, the vast majority coming after the Supreme Court in 2013 ruled states like …

Express News: Texas has closed more polling places than any other state, report shows Read More »

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett was on hand to honor the music trailblazers and acknowledge their “steep uphill climb to make it.” “They are our own special ‘West Side Story,’” Doggett said. Read full article **************************************** News Credit Publish Date: September 11, 2019 1:43 pm Author: Hector Saldana Source: San Antonio Express News

A new quarter honoring the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park was unveiled Thursday. The special coin, depicting on its reverse four icons of the Missions’ history, is the 49th coin in the U.S. Mint’s “America the Beautiful” program. The project began in 2010 to depict national parks and other sites in all 50 states …

Houston Public Media: New Quarters Celebrate The Cultural Legacy Of The San Antonio Missions Read More »

“President Trump raids military dollars to waste on an unnecessary wall that he falsely claimed Mexico would pay for,” said U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-San Antonio and Austin. “This is just more of his dangerous, un-American abuse of presidential power — overriding Congress and the people, rejecting true security needs. Always taking from the deserving …

San Antonio Current: Trump’s Reallocation of Funds to Border Wall Will Kill $18.5 Million Project at San Antonio Base Read More »