demographics

TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Ross Ramsey March 19, 2011

Grissom on threats to re-entry programs for criminals, Hamilton on the tempest over the direction of UT, E. Smith's interview with Joe Straus, Stiles and Chang's new lobbying app, M. Smith and Weber on where state officeholders send their children to school, Aaronson on allowing new nuclear power plants, Aguilar on how Hispanic Republicans are handling immigration issues, Ramshaw talks abortion with Planned Parennthood's Cecile Richards, Tan and Dehn on tapping the Rainy Day Fund and Galbraith on San Antonio and its water: The best of our best content from March 14 to 18, 2011. Full Story

Credit: Illustration by Ben Hasson
Officials Say Mexico Could Be Used by Terrorists

By Julián Aguilar March 17, 2011

A top adviser to President Barack Obama conceded last week that terrorists seeking to unleash havoc in the United States could use Texas’ porous border. But some security experts say that isn't likely to happen. Full Story

Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman
GOP Lawmakers Call for Reform, Guest-Worker Program

By Julián Aguilar March 15, 2011

Calling on Washington to fix the country’s “discriminatory” immigration system, Hispanic Republicans in the Texas Legislature also fired off the first salvos in what could be a divisive battle within the party over immigration legislation. Full Story
Sanctuary Cities Bill Passes First Hurdle

By Julián Aguilar March 14, 2011

Legislation banning “sanctuary city” policies in Texas was voted out of the House State Affairs Committee today, sending the controversial bill to the full House for consideration. Full Story

Credit: Graphic by Jacob Villanueva
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Evan Smith March 12, 2011

Conversations about the coming Hispanic majority and the 82nd session from our New Day Rising symposium, M. Smith on the latest tort reform battle, Galbraith on greater scrutiny of the gas industry, Ramsey on whether lawmakers will cut their own pay and benefits, Ramshaw and Aguilar on what's holding up abortion sonogram legislation, Aguilar on the ag commissioner's controversial new website, Philpott on what $9.8 billion in public education cuts looks like, Hamilton on a snippy exchange of higher ed letters and Grissom on the latest court decision in the Hank Skinner case: The best of our best content from March 7 to 11, 2011. Full Story
New Day Rising: Cisneros on the Last 30 Years

By Evan Smith March 11, 2011

At the Tribune's New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, Henry Cisneros, the first Hispanic mayor of a major American city, reflected on three decades of demographic change. Full Story
Peña Files Guest-Worker Bill to Address Immigration

By Julián Aguilar March 11, 2011

State Rep. Aaron Peña, R-Edinburg, has filed legislation he said will explore the possibility of a state-run guest-worker program. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
Staples Stands By Website, Calls It Necessary [Updated]

By Julián Aguilar March 10, 2011

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples has no plans to pull down a state-run website that allows border ranchers and farmers to document their daily struggles with drug cartels and undocumented immigrants. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
New Day Rising: The Changing Public Policy Landscape

By Evan Smith March 10, 2011

At the Tribune's New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, four public policy experts talked about criminal justice, education, health care and other issues and the impact of the coming Hispanic majority. Full Story
Senator Asks Ag Commissioner to Pull Website

By Julián Aguilar March 9, 2011

State Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El Paso, today asked Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples to take down the border website his office launched last week, protectyourtexasborder.com, saying it has become a “forum for promoting violence.” Full Story

Credit: Spencer Selvidge
New Day Rising: Four House Members on the 82nd Session

By Evan Smith March 9, 2011

At the Tribune's New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, four members of the Texas House talked about the issues affecting the Hispanic community — and all Texans — during the 82nd Legislative Session. Full Story
On State Website, Calls for Vigilante Justice

By Julián Aguilar March 9, 2011

Texans advocating extreme solutions to secure the border — including land mines and booby traps on Texas farmland along the Rio Grande — have a new forum to share their views: a website operated by the Texas Department of Agriculture. Full Story

Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman
New Day Rising: Hispanics and the Political Landscape

By Evan Smith March 8, 2011

At the Tribune's New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, four political consultants talked about how the emerging Hispanic majority in Texas will impact voter turnout and candidates and campaigns in 2012, 2014 and beyond. Full Story
New Day Rising: Steve Murdock on the Coming Hispanic Majority

By Evan Smith March 7, 2011

At the Tribune's New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, former state demographer and former U.S. Census Bureau director Steve Murdock talked extensively about demographic change in Texas. Full Story
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Ross Ramsey March 5, 2011

Ramshaw and Stiles on the tepid growth of Big D during the last decade, Hamilton talks immigration with state Rep. Leo Berman, M. Smith on Texas education's Race to the Top efforts and more: The best of our best content from Feb. 28 to March 4, 2011. Full Story
Cross-Border Trucking Program Gains New Life

By Julián Aguilar March 3, 2011

The U.S. and Mexican governments announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement to re-start the cross-border, long-haul, trucking program. Full Story
Interactive: Census Totals by House, Senate District

By Matt Stiles and Ryan Murphy March 3, 2011

Our new interactive map visualizes population changes by House and Senate district for the total population and residents who are of Hispanic origin. These totals are important now given that lawmakers are preparing to redraw all 181 districts based on their growth, demographics and election histories. Full Story

Credit: Graphic by Matt Stiles
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 69

By Reeve Hamilton March 2, 2011

On this week's episode, Evan, Reeve, Ben and Brandi discuss Gov. Rick Perry's Twitter feed, the state's changing demographics and issues of innocence. Full Story
State Affairs Takes on "Sanctuary Cities"

By Aziza Musa March 2, 2011

Tonight, the Texas House took on another of the issues that Gov. Rick Perry has designated an emergency: sanctuary cities, or cities where police do not enforce federal immigration laws. Full Story

Credit: Graphic by Jacob Villanueva
A Conversation With Lindsey Graham

By Evan Smith March 2, 2011

On Friday, at an event held by the Tribune and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, I interviewed the senator from South Carolina about federal immigration policy and reform. Full Story