Terry Canales Texas State Representative, District 40

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Rep. Canales’ plan to do away with “debtors prisons” for poor people who can’t pay traffic fines and other minor offenses approved by Texas Legislature and on its way to Gov. Abbott

9. June, 2017

State lawmakers on Friday, May 26, 2017, approved House Bill 351 by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, which will help do away with a decades-old injustice which results in hundreds of...

Open government pioneer sees 'sunshine laws' in peril

29. May, 2017

AUSTIN – As a young lawyer and activist in the early 1970s, Buck Wood recalls that prying loose information and records from the hands of government bureaucrats was so onerous...

International trade with Mexico is vital for state’s and American economies and 382,ooo Texas jobs, Rep. Canales’ legislation, approved by House of Representatives, tells President and Congress

11. May, 2017

Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, along with a bipartisan supermajority of the Texas House of Representatives, wants President Trump and Congress to avoid any actions that would threaten almost $92.5 billion...

Texas' 85th Legislative Session's First Called Special Session Starts

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 10:00 AM

Texas Capitol

What is a special session? A special session amounts to legislative overtime. If lawmakers reach a stalemate on key issues or if the governor decides the legislative show must...