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El Periodico USA Staff Featured July 22, 2025

Improved testing and revised vaccine messaging among key takeaways from major Texas measles outbreak

First Detection & Scale The outbreak began with a case in Gaines County on Jan 29, reported by Lubbock to
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El Periodico USA Staff Community Events July 22, 2025

STHS Children’s Hosting Back-To-School Block Party

For the fourth year, STHS Children’s will partner with local community organizations and business to distribute free school supplies, no-cost
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 22, 2025

The Texas Legislature is back for a special session. Here’s what we’re watching.

By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune “The Texas Legislature is back for a special session. Here’s what we’re watching.” was
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 22, 2025

Texas lawmakers largely ignored flood prep advice for rural areas like Kerr County

Context & Background Over the past two decades, despite Texas experiencing increasingly damaging floods—especially in rural and economically marginalized regions—state
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured July 21, 2025

Burnet County Disaster Recovery Center Opens July 20

A Disaster Recovery Center will open Sunday, July 20, in Burnet County to offer face-to-face help to survivors who had damage
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 21, 2025

In Pursuit of Mass Deportation: “Big Brother” is Always Watching—And So Is the Trump Administration

 Access online version of this press release HERE Washington, DC — As part of their mass deportation crusade, the Trump Administration
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 21, 2025

Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites

A recent report by Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human Rights Watch, and Sanctuary of the South denounces inhumane conditions in
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 21, 2025

He came to the U.S. to support his sick child. Then he disappeared from a

By Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, Ronna Rísquez, Alianza
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 21, 2025

1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune “1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 19, 2025

Notice of Closure For Maintenance on SH 550

Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority (CCRMA) would like to inform the public that a contractor will be conducting maintenance on
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