Texas

A Texas teenager committed suicide this week after tweeting 144 times of sexual abuse to more than 500 followers. No one responded.

• By: Cindy Casares

Tags: Ashley billasano, Sexual abuse, Suicide, Teen suicide

Here's the video of Texas Governor Rick Perry speaking at Eduardo Verastegui's Unido Por La Vida rally held two weeks ago in Los Angeles.

• By: Cindy Casares

Tags: 2012, Abortion, Eduardo verastegui, Latino voters, Manto de guadalupe, Pro-life, Republicans, Rick perry, Stem cell research, Unidos por la vida

During a testimony at a Texas senate committee hearing on a bill meant to crack down on so-called "sanctuary cities", Texas Senator Chris Harris chastised a man for testifying in Spanish, calling it "insulting."

• By: Cindy Casares

Tags: Antolin aguirre, Chris harris, Illegal immigration, Racist old crackers, Sanctuary bills, Sanctuary cities, Spanish, Speak english, Texas legislature, Texas sb 9, Transportation and homeland security committee, Xenophobia

The Texas legislature is so close to passing a new law prohibiting sanctuary cities, they don't even care that no one has identified a sanctuary city in their state.

• By: Cindy Casares

Tags: Illegal immigration, Sanctuary bills, Sanctuary city bills, Texas legislature, Texas sb 9, Transportation and homeland security committee

In a drunk driving case in San Antonio, two of the deceased victims had siblings who were also killed in prior drunk driving accidents.

• By: Cindy Casares

Tags: Drunk driving, Eric peña, Fiesta 2010, Paulino cruz jr., Pedro zamarripa, Roman garcia, San antonio, Triple intoxication homicide