Lopeno
Lopeno, TX · Municipal
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A republic, if you can keep it: the work of civic participation and the cost of sitting elections out
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A republic, if you can keep it. Prescient words at the founding of a nation carried simple but firm instructions: Freedom requires work, self-governance requires responsibility, and keeping a republic requires both. That responsibility, in practice, means participating in the civic process. Benjamin Franklin’s words have...
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Texas Rep. Richard Raymond pulls out pistol during legislative hearing
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Students, parents adjust to class delays in Laredo
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Classes started late across Laredo ISD Thursday, Oct. 1, following weather delays. The district pushed back classes to keep students safe on slick roads during expected heavy rainfall. Students adjust to schedule changes. Amariz Martinez, a student at Nixon High School, said the schedule change forced...
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Laredo seeks Webb County support for convention center funding plan
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo city officials are seeking Webb County’s backing to lobby the Texas Legislature for a specialized tax mechanism designed to finance a long-discussed convention center without raising property taxes. While city leaders have weighed building a convention center for decades, voters have repeatedly rejected bond...
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Flood watch issued for Laredo, surrounding South Texas counties
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Laredo and surrounding areas starting Thursday morning, Oct. 1, through Friday evening, Oct. 2. The watch covers Webb County and surrounding South Texas counties. Forecasters said heavy, slow-moving downpours could overwhelm storm drains and creeks. Low-lying...
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South Texas Families Are Driving to Mexico for Medicine and Medical Procedures. Here's Why It's Accelerating
Nearly one in three residents of McAllen, Texas, has no health coverage at all, and Laredo trails only slightly behind — the two highest uninsured rates of any metro area in the country, according to a ValuePenguin analysis of Census Bureau data. This year, that gap has collided with a fresh round of U.S. drug-price increases, and pharmacies just across the river are picking up the overflow.