Senator Eliot Shapleigh - El Paso, Texas

The first time he said it, you weren't sure you had heard what you thought you heard. The second time, there was no doubt.

When Dr. Steve Murdock, Texas' former state demographer, went to D.C. to head the Census Bureau, he left behind an honest—and startling—picture of Texas' future.

President Barack Obama took direct aim at the vocal opponents who’ve been filling congressional town halls on health care Tuesday, saying despite all the “yelling and the shouting and the noise,” health reform will improve the lives of Americans with and without insurance
now.

Texas' jobless-benefits fund is empty, and the state will probably borrow $1.5 billion from the federal government to pay benefits through December, a state official said Tuesday.

The confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court represents an important and significant milestone for Latinos and our nation. We have achieved much; and in order for our progress to continue, we must not rest in our journey to ensure our communities are fully engaged in the American civic and political process.

Almost exactly two years after it embarked on what was the biggest financial rescue in American history, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that the recession is ending and that it would take a step back toward normal policy.

President Barack Obama will recognize the accomplishments of actors, activists and athletes on Wednesday when he awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people.

Here at the Transportation Blog, we all know that transportation is our favorite subject. But, dear readers, I wonder how important you think our obsession will be in the big dance between Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, as they scrum for the GOP primary nod in 2010.

The time draws closer when the majority population in Texas will be Hispanic. That should lend a sense of urgency to having more Hispanics enroll in college and graduate with a four-year degree. But that’s simply not happening.

Personal income in El Paso last year grew twice as fast as the national rate, but the growth didn't prevent the area from continuing to be near the bottom for per capita personal income when compared with 365 other metro areas, new federal data show.

President Obama, attending a North American summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, said Monday that his administration will pursue a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. immigration system this year but that no action on legislation will happen before 2010.

The White House on Monday turned to its favorite tool – the Internet – to bolster President Barack Obama's push for health care overhaul and challenge misconceptions about Democratic plans.

When Arne Duncan was the head of the Chicago public schools, one of the calls he dreaded most came from a certain federal bureaucracy — the Department of Education.

At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers’ science lectures.

The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say.

Progressive Insurance is now selling car insurance in Texas which requires a driver to let the company monitor his or her driving habits and mileage in exchange for discounted car insurance.

The city is proposing a slight increase in its property tax rate, and El Pasoans will have a chance to sound off about it Tuesday.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Aug. 9 -- President Obama arrived Sunday in Mexico's second-largest city for a two-day summit to discuss that country's ongoing drug wars and whether its strategy to eliminate trafficking and the violence associated with it is working.

As the first influenza pandemic in 41 years has spread during the Southern Hemisphere's winter over the past few months, the United States and other northern countries have been racing to prepare for a second wave of swine flu virus.

Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in Saturday morning as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court in a brief ceremony that completed a remarkable ascent for a Puerto Rican girl from the South Bronx.