News Taco To Go: Beer, Budget, Brisenia Flores And More

News Taco To Go: Beer, Budget, Brisenia Flores And More

Mary Mata April 7, 2011

The Republicans in the House are seeking a 1-week extension to come to a budget deal after not coming to agreement with Democrats last night; about 800,000 federal workers would […]

News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Wisconsin, Decapitated Bald Eagle And More

Mary Mata April 6, 2011

The government is on the verge of a shutdown as Republicans and Democrats have been unable to come to an agreement over the budget. A beheaded bald eagle was found […]

News Taco To Go: Pigs Feet, Bad Storms, Border Violence, Radiation And More

Mary Mata April 5, 2011

New York Rep. Peter King – R was sent a bloody pig’s foot with a note containing anti-Semitic sayings yesterday. He’s the same guy who went on a witch hunt for […]

News Taco To Go: Obama, Budget, Airplanes, Teachers And Alzheimer’s

Mary Mata April 4, 2011

President Barack Obama launched his 2012 re-election campaign today. A government shut down is set to happen unless Congress can come up with a budget by Friday. Southwest Airlines has several […]

News Taco To Go: Education, Employment, Obesity, Gulf Coast and Buget

Mary Mata March 31, 2011

President Barack Obama, seemingly surprised by Census results, has begun to court Latino voters around the issue of education. Last week 6,000 less people applied for unemployment, perhaps hinting at […]

Effects Of The Proposed Federal Budget Cuts On Latinos

Mary Mata March 30, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The Latino Print Network recently sent out an email newsletter detailing the effects of the 2011 proposed federal budget cuts on Latinos, we reproduce that information here.] Cuts […]

Rick Perry And The GOP Destroying Schools For Latino Kids

Mary Mata March 14, 2011

Texas Governor Rick Perry met last week with GOP leaders of the state to urge them, again, to not raid the state’s $9 billion rainy day fund to stem the bleeding of […]

Budget Cut Unrest Spreads To Texas, Education

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: The following post was written by Abby Rapoport and originally appeared in The Texas Observer.] 11,000 parents, teachers and advocates stormed the Capitol Saturday to demand lawmakers spend […]

News Taco To Go: Civil Rights, Muslims, Libya, Budget And Carnival

Mary Mata March 7, 2011

People across the country commemorated the 46th anniversary of the Selma, Alabama march known as “Bloody Sunday.” The GOP is looking into how Muslims are a danger to the U.S., […]

News Taco To Go: NFL, RFK, Unions, Unemployment And Budget Cuts

Mary Mata March 3, 2011

NFL owners and players have still not been able to come to a new agreement, and some are starting to worry that this could lead to all kinds of adverse […]