OPINION: Enumerating residents within certain geographical areas has been a practice followed by many governments stretching back more than 2,500 years. Often, the purpose of such censuses has been related to collecting taxes, but there are also other, more beneficial reasons for counting noses. A major purpose of the US Census is to determine the number of congressional districts or members of the 435-seat House of Representatives to be awarded to each state.

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GUARDIAN NEWS: With Census Day just a few weeks away, Texas finally has a point person to coordinate the state’s push for complete participation by its residents in the project. On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry named Secretary of State Hope Andrade the Texas Census Ambassador. “It is in the best interest of our state for every Texan to be counted in the census, in terms of representation and our tax dollars flowing back to Texas,” Perry said, announcing the appointment.

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GUARDIAN NEWS: It starts when you sit down with your mother, your aunt and your grandmother to watch telenovelas (Spanish language soap operas). Then you get hooked. At South Texas College in the third of four presentations during Women’s History Month, Dr. Petra Guerra, communications professor at the University of Texas Pan American, warned the audience against the dangers of watching too many telenovelas.

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GUARDIAN NEWS: Reynosa, es una de las ciudades fronterizas con mayor diversidad cultural en el país ya que alberga entre su población a residentes provenientes de más de 40 países del mundo. Ellos decidieron radicar en la zona atraídos por su acelerado crecimiento económico y cercanía con Estados Unidos. En la vida diaria en esta ciudad es común encontrarse con personas procedentes de países de Centro y Sur de América, Europa y Asia que por diversas cuestiones han hecho de este sitio su lugar para vivir.

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EDITORIAL: Hidalgo County Commissioner Sylvia Handy picked an unfortunate day to admit her guilt to one count of tax evasion and one count of conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens – International Women’s Day. Handy was the first woman ever to be elected a county commissioner in Hidalgo County. Instead of going down in the record books for positive reasons, she will now be remembered for besmirching her office.

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