The Texas House Committee on Transportation addressed the issue of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) held by nondomiciled drivers and whether said operators are responsible for an increase in traffic crashes during a hearing on Monday. 

Texas state lawmakers heard testimony Monday about restricting which immigrants can qualify for a non-domiciled commercial driver's license in the state.

Stronger public safety for Texans, improved programs for rehabilitation and reentry into society for inmates, and an estimated $150 million in taxpayer savings over the next five years are the result of landmark legislation, led by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, and Sen. Tan Parker, R-Flour Mound, that went into effect last fall. 

A new report from Texas 2036 finds that Texas is already seeing significant expansion in higher education opportunities for incarcerated Texans following passage of Senate Bill 2405 by Sen. Tan Parker and Rep. Terry Canales during the 89th Texas Legislature.

Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, is being joined by other visionary leaders, business giants, and political trailblazers to serve on the Texas Bicentennial Commission, following an announcement by Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, May 18, 2026.

One of the many results of a landmark state law, led in 2013 by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, will be a $160 million biomedical research center that will be built in Edinburg, Mayor Omar Ochoa revealed in his recent State of the City Address.

This week, Texas State Representative Terry Canales (D-Edinburg) was appointed by Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows to serve as a member on the newly established Texas Bicentennial Commission, created by Senate Bill 1350 during the 89th Texas Legislative Session.

The non-profit Holistic Organic Practical Education (HOPE) for Small Farm Sustainability, headquartered in Harlingen, on Monday, March 30, 2026 announced that it was among 49 out of 50 organizations nationwide recently notified that it’s $7.4 million federal grant has been cancelled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

As a State Representative for House District 40 and the Rio Grande Valley, I am deeply concerned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) decision to rescind grant funding for the non-profit Holistic Organic Practical Education for Small Farm Sustainability (H.O.P.E).

Yesterday, Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows issued interim charges to House Standing Committees and Subcommittees as well as newly created Select Committees.