2020: Year in Review - Part 2: Trade, air service to Mexico among 2020 highlights
Dec. 31, 2020
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A train crosses the Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge in March 2020. While COVID-19 has dominated the headlines in 2020, the year has still featured plenty of other news. And LMT’s four-part year in review series will take a look at both, beginning with the two-part top non-COVID headlines and culminating with a two-day look at COVID’s impact on 2020.Danny Zaragoza / Laredo Morning Times
Editor’s note: 2020 has been filled to the brim with notable news, and it’s not just all related to the coronavirus pandemic. LMT will be taking a look at the top stories of the year both related to COVID-19 and not at all in a four-part series. We’ll continue with Part 2 of 4, finishing off discussion on the top non-COVID stories of the year in its own two-part series.
2020: Year in Review - Part 2: Trade, air service to Mexico among 2020 highlights
Dec. 31, 2020
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A train crosses the Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge in March 2020. While COVID-19 has dominated the headlines in 2020, the year has still featured plenty of other news. And LMT’s four-part year in review series will take a look at both, beginning with the two-part top non-COVID headlines and culminating with a two-day look at COVID’s impact on 2020.Danny Zaragoza / Laredo Morning Times
Editor’s note: 2020 has been filled to the brim with notable news, and it’s not just all related to the coronavirus pandemic. LMT will be taking a look at the top stories of the year both related to COVID-19 and not at all in a four-part series. We’ll continue with Part 2 of 4, finishing off discussion on the top non-COVID stories of the year in its own two-part series.
Laredo council looking into combining city and county tax offices
Dec. 23, 2020
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Laredo City Council members discuss expanding options for citizen s commenting during council meetings, Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2020, at City Hall.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning Times
During a special call meeting on Tuesday, Laredo City Council voted to approve a feasibility study into combining the city and county tax offices.
In November, Laredo voters overwhelmingly approved eight proposed amendments to the City Charter, effectively instituting a filing fee for future candidates, regulating the timing of the mayor’s veto and raising the minimum qualifications for a city manager, among other changes.
LC and UISD board join resolution to stop border wall construction
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Border Patrol agent Joe Curran looks at fence construction in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Lukeville, Ariz. in January 2020.Carolyn Van Houten / The Washington Post
The board of trustees for Laredo College and United Independent School District both voted this week to approve a resolution urging the incoming Biden administration to terminate the construction contracts for the border wall in the Laredo Sector. Both entities own land along the border that stands to be affected by the wall.
They now join the Webb County Commissioners Court, Zapata County Commissioners Court, Eagle Pass City Council and Texas Democratic Party in this initiative to stop the wall from coming to this stretch of the border before construction begins.
Laredo sees low turnout for runoff elections
Dec. 15, 2020
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La recién electa regidora para el Distrito VIII de la Ciudad de Laredo, Alyssa Cigarroa celebra con su seguidores en el exterior de su cuartel de campaña el sábado 12 de diciembre de 2020.Cuate Santos /Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Supporters and family gather around Laredo College Board of Trustees Place 7 candidate Karina Elizondo on Saturday, Dec. 12 at Tokyo Garden.Danny Zaragoza / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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City Council District 5 candidate Ruben Gutierrez gathers with his supporters, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at L.P.O.A Unity Hall as he leads in early voting results.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less