State bill to increase prizes for slot machines businesses will be presented
A state bill will allow slot machines of business owners to give higher cash prizes. Tuesday, December 25, 2012 By: Francisco Diaz, The Laredo Sun LAREDO, TX. – For the third consecutive legislative session, state Rep. Richard P. Raymond will propose a law to regularize the activity of slot machines and will raise the amount…
Read MoreBill Renews Debate on Merging Highest Two Courts
by Maurice Chammah Texas Tribune December 13, 2012 A proposal for the upcoming legislative session is resuscitating a debate that goes back to the writing of the Texas Constitution in 1876. The bill, authored by state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond, D-Laredo, would abolish the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest court for all criminal matters, and bring…
Read MoreRep. Richard Peña Raymond and Congressman Henry Cuellar Announce New State of the Art DPS Crime Lab at Groundbreaking Ceremony
LAREDO–In 2010, State Representative Richard Peña Raymond (D-Laredo), Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Sheriff Martin Cuellar and Department of Public Safety officials among them Department of Public Safety Deputy Assistant Director of Crime Laboratories, D. Pat Johnson discussed the need to implement a Laredo Crime Lab to assist law enforcement agencies with the expertise of forensic…
Read MoreRep. Peña Raymond interviewed on Univision's "Al Punto"
Wrapping up the 2011 Legislative Sessions
Capitol Report: House passes its version of State budget.
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Read MoreState Rep. Richard Peña Raymond Responds to Remarks by Dan Ramos, Bexar Co. Democratic Party Chair
AUSTIN–We sometimes wish we could look into another person’s heart and mind and try to understand why they feel as they do. I do not know why Dan Ramos, the current Bexar County Democratic Party Chairman, would be moved to make the remarks he recently made which were hateful, small-minded and contrary to all we…
Read MoreCapitol Report: Budget Cuts Threaten All Texas Programs
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Read MoreSTATE REP. RICHARD PENA RAYMOND NAMED CHAIRMAN OF HOUSE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Also Appointed to Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee; Will Head Effort to Protect Children, Medicaid and CHIP Austin – Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, (R-San Antonio) today named Representative Richard Peña Raymond (D-Laredo) as Chairman of the crucial Human Services Committee that will take the lead role in protecting children, as well as the Medicaid…
Read MoreCapitol Report: Speak Out About the State Budget Shortfall
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