The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed Friday that Democratic Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, were indicted last week for allegedly "participating in two schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and money laundering." According to the indictment, between at least December 2014 and November 2021, the Cuellars allegedly took approximately $600,000 in bribes from a fossil fuel company owned by the Azerbaijani government and an unnamed bank...
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. McALLEN — When federal agents raided the home and offices of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, just weeks before a competitive primary election in 2022, Democrats rallied behind him and he went on to secure another term in office.
The UTRGV baseball team beat the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday at Chapman Field in Corpus Christi as part of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Rally Credit Union. The middle of the Vaqueros (25-23) lineup combined to reach base six times and score all four runs, as graduate student CJ Valdez and […]
A violent storm on Thursday night pounded southern portions of Texas, leaving nearly 1 million residents without power. The National Weather Service said quadrants of both Texas and Louisiana can expect widespread rainfall of 2 to 6 inches, and possibly up to a foot.Meteorologist Eric Burris posted to X on Thursday that radar indicated the storm was producing winds over 100 mph and that the storm moving through Houston was the "definition of destructive."What We Know According to the state's...
CPS Energy has agreed to acquire an additional 2% ownership of the South Texas Project from Constellation and has entered a long-term power purchase agreement for 200 MWe of capacity following the resolution of disputes over Constellation's 2023 acquisition of NRG Energy's share of the two-unit nuclear power plant.
The Department of Justice alleges the Texas Democratic Representative and his wife Imelda accepted $600,000 in bribes.
Scheane’ Brown A former Guatemalan congressman has pleaded guilty to his role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy. Jose Armando Ubico Aguilar, 45, a former… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
The murder of University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley shook the nation, and hammered home the real dangers to which the nation became exposed when the border was flung open on January 20th, 2021. The media has been reluctant to cover the story because it casts Democrats (generally) and President Joe Biden (specifically) in a very bad light. That reluctance continues to this day. CBS Evening News was the only national network newscast to report on the indictment of the illegal alien...
The murder of University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley shook the nation, and hammered home the real dangers to which the nation became exposed when the border was flung open on January 20th, 2021. The media has been reluctant to cover the story because it casts Democrats (generally) and President Joe Biden (specifically) in a very bad light. That reluctance continues to this day. CBS Evening News was the only national network newscast to report on the indictment of the illegal alien...
High inventory and price cuts have pushed Texas and Florida into a buyers’ market.
The head of a water planning group that oversees water in South Texas is proposing a "water bank" be formed so smaller cities without water can get from larger cities with surplus supplies to keep water flowing in South Texas.
Editor’s Note: This story was a collaboration between the Texas Observer and Inside Climate News (ICN). Juan Benito Mancias draws his identity from the landscape at the Rio Grande’s end not because he owns it, but because it owns his people, literally. His ancestors lie buried in it, going back millennia. Sadly for Mancias, U.S. […]