Tons Of Money Coming For Redistricting Fights

Tons Of Money Coming For Redistricting Fights

Mary Mata April 11, 2011

As we reported last week, redistricting in places where Latinos pushed most of the growth (like Texas), are getting their redistricting fights on. Now The Atlantic reports that this already […]

2 New Latino Congressional Seats Suggested In Texas

Mary Mata April 8, 2011

A group of Latino advocacy organizations in Texas have taken matters into their own hands when it comes to redistricting in the state. Calling themselves the Texas Latino Redistricting Task […]

News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Japan Earthquake, Oil Prices And More

Mary Mata

The government looks to be heading towards a shutdown without a budget deal before midnight; the sad things is most of the reason is not monetary, but partisan. Three more […]

Obama’s Approval Rating With Latinos Drops

Mary Mata April 7, 2011

Surprisingly, given President Barack Obama’s blatant sweeping aside of Latino issues while blatantly pandering to Latino voters at the same time, his approval rating with this demographic dropped in March. […]

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

Mary Mata

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 […]

Texas Redistircting Turns Into Latino-lead Courtroom Fight

NewsTaco April 6, 2011

If Texas is an indication of what the rest of the country will be like and look like in the future-and we at News Taco have been pounding that drum […]

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

Mary Mata

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 […]

Obama’s Political Calculus on Immigration

NewsTaco April 5, 2011

Just a week before announcing the launch of his reelection campaign President Barack Obama sent a message to selected Immigration activists in congress: cool it. The purposely quiet campaign launch made […]

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 […]

The States Where Latino Votes Will Matter In 2012

Mary Mata April 1, 2011

By Dr. Matt Barreto With the recent release of the national Census data, pundits have been quick to point out the obvious: the Latino population is growing! As if data points from […]