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How Section 5 blocked a GOP power grab in Texas

Mary Mata June 17, 2013

By Zachary Roth, MSNBC AUSTIN, Texas — In 2008, Wendy Davis, a city councilmember in Fort Worth, Texas, narrowly defeated a 20-term incumbent to win a state Senate seat. Davis, a Democrat, enjoyed […]

California’s Calderon brothers raising funds for 2014 campaigns

Mary Mata

Fertility or Birth Rate? What Jeb Bush Really Meant

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Background on the President’s Immigration Event Today

Mary Mata June 12, 2013

PRESS RELEASE White House Office of Communications Joining the President at the event will be law enforcement representatives, business and labor leaders, faith leaders, and Republican and Democratic elected officials […]

Immigration Debate Taken Up By Senate, Here’s What To Look For

Mary Mata

By Fox News Latino WASHINGTON –  The push for a comprehensive reform of the immigration system enters its most crucial phase this week in the Senate. It may sound simple, given […]

Nevada Latino caucus enjoying its newfound strut

Mary Mata

By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY – Sen. Mo Denis, who was the only Hispanic in the Legislature when he was elected in 2004, fought tears as Gov. Brian Sandoval […]

Bracero Pay Day on Hold

Mary Mata June 10, 2013

By Mónica Ortiz Uribe, Latino USA While Congress debates provisions for a new guest worker program, elderly Mexican farmworkers called braceros protest about retirement money they say they’re owed. Mónica Ortiz […]