Two Texas statehouse members will soon introduce legislation funding President Donald Trump’s planned border wall along the U.S. border with Mexico — specifically the Texas border — Breitbart News has learned. State Reps. Kyle Biedermann and Briscoe Cain intend to introduce legislation soon that would fund $2.5 billion of wall construction along the Texas border with Mexico, appropriating it from the economic stabilization fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019. The funds would be used, Biedermann tells Breitbart News, “to design, test, construct, and install physical barriers, roads, and technology along the international land border between the State of Texas and Mexico to prevent illegal crossings in all areas.”Preference for the contracts and awarding of bids, Biedermann added, “for all phases of construction” would be given to Texans and Texas-owned entities. While this idea is still novel and untested, given the fact that … [Read more...] about Trump Heads to El Paso amid Stalled Wall Negotiations, Texas Lawmakers Propose State Wall Funding
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Las Vegas personal injury lawyer arrested on at least 39 theft counts, $1.8 million taken
A Las Vegas personal injury lawyer has been arrested in a theft case stretching back years.Beginning in March, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department detectives began to receive reports from multiple victims regarding a local personal injury lawyer. Victims that have to this date filed police reports, all allege that their personal injury attorney, later identified as 53-year-old Matthew Dunkley, misappropriated financial settlements the victims were to receive as a result of their cases in which Dunkley represented them.The reports indicated that Dunkley, in addition to misappropriating the settlements to the victims, also took money from the insurance companies that were intended to cover the victims’ medical bills. The victims never received their settlements and are now being held personally responsible for the unpaid medical bills.On Monday, Dunkley was located by detectives with the LVMPD Major Violators Section Repeat Offender Program and taken into custody. He was … [Read more...] about Las Vegas personal injury lawyer arrested on at least 39 theft counts, $1.8 million taken
El Paso, Texas residents to drink treated sewage water due to climate change drought
The people of El Paso, Texas, are resilient. Living in the middle of the harsh Chihuahuan Desert, the city has no other choice. On average, 15 days every year spike over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The city gets little relief with annual rainfall of just about 9 inches. It's one of the hottest cities in the country.One of its prime sources of water is the Rio Grande. Typically the river can supply as much as half of the city's water needs. But climate change is making that increasingly difficult and is pushing the city to look for new sources of water. Now, El Paso is on track to become the first large city in the United States to treat its sewage water and send it directly back into its taps.Increasing temperatures will make the dry region even more vulnerable to drought, according to the federal government's most recentnational climate assessment. Already challenged with balancing the demands of about 700,000 thirsty El Pasoans along with agriculture and industry needs, El Paso must also … [Read more...] about El Paso, Texas residents to drink treated sewage water due to climate change drought
Texas Monthly dives into the ‘fame-seeking’ world of San Antonio injury attorney Thomas J. Henry
By Madalyn Mendoza, mySanAntonio.com Updated 5:17 pm CST, Wednesday, November 7, 2018 1.His family is bigger than you think Henry has five other children from two previous marriages. 1.His family is bigger than you think Henry has five other children from two previous marriages. Photo: ARAM HOVSEPIAN 2. Need a lawyer? His firm employs 130 lawyers. 2. Need a lawyer? His firm employs 130 lawyers. Photo: Marco Garza For MySA.com Buy photo 3. He's about to hire more lawyers He’s planning to extend beyond South Texas. 3. He's about to hire more lawyers He’s planning to extend beyond South Texas. Photo: Billy Calzada 4. He isn't from Texas He grew up as a farm boy in Abilene, Kansas, where he and his family raised cattle, pigs and chickens and bred dogs. 4. He isn't from … [Read more...] about Texas Monthly dives into the ‘fame-seeking’ world of San Antonio injury attorney Thomas J. Henry
More than 1,000 people march on El Paso immigration center
By Lauren Caruba Published 2:13 pm, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 EL PASO — As criticism of the Trump administration’s separation of migrant families at the border mounts, more than 1,000 people in El Paso marched on the city’s immigration processing center Tuesday morning, calling for an end to the policies. Decrying the detainment of migrant children along the border, activists sought the minors’ immediate release, as well as access to the “tent city” erected last week at the port of entry in nearby Tornillo that is housing around 200 immigrant boys in their late teens. The facility currently has 360 beds and could expand to hold more children in the future, said Texas State Rep. Mary González, a Democrat from Clint. Local Channel Now Playing: Now Playing Raw: Fire guts San Antonio apartments under renovation San Antonio Express-News Wrong-way driver collides with 18-wheeler Sunday morning 21 Pro Video Garden … [Read more...] about More than 1,000 people march on El Paso immigration center