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It has been over a year and seven months since Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen was reported missing.
WASHINGTON — Historic reforms to how the military handles reports of crimes including sexual assault and murder are headed to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law, spurred by mistakes at Fort Hood, where Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén was killed last year by a fellow soldier.
With cabinet positions dwindling, President-elect Biden has yet to select a Latina for one of the top positions in the White House.
Fourteen U.S. Army leaders, including commanders and other leaders at Fort Hood, have been fired or suspended in an effort to correct a yearslong culture of sexual assault and a pattern of violence at the base, Army officials said Tuesday.
Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia and fellow Democrats, Veronica Escobar, of El Paso, and Jason Crow, of Aurora, Colo., are seeking to halt transfers of people between Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities and other federal, state and local prisons to prevent the spread of COVID, according to a news release.
In March 2020, Congress passed the CARES Act, which authorized Economic Impact Payments (EIPs), also known as “stimulus checks,” to help provide direct economic relief to families suffering from the impacts of COVID-19.
Harris County, TX (CW39) — TODAY, Commissioners Adrian Garcia and Rodney Ellis announced “Harris County Back to Work” – a workforce development program fund
Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D), received 71% of the vote in her re-election to represent the 29th Congressional District.
La decisión del presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, de esperar para reconocer a Joe Biden como presidente electo de Estados Unidos hasta que se haya
Miami, 6 nov (EFE).- Más de 132 mujeres, casi una decena de ellas latinas, formarán parte del Congreso de Estados Unidos en la próxima legislatura, que será la de mayor componente femenino de la historia y puede ir acompañada de otr