The longtime leader of the Texas Democratic Party is stepping down.

The former president captured 55% of Latino voters in the state, according to exit polls. He also won 14 out of the 18 counties within 20 miles of the border, a number that doubled his 2020 performance in the Latino-majority region.

President Joe Biden hosted a formal ceremony Wednesday to publicly celebrate his executive order establishing an initiative to increase funding for Hispanic-serving institutions.

Bad Bunny threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris Sunday by sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee shortly after a comedian at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally made crude jokes about Latinos and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage."

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who threw rocks at the glass windows of three east Bexar County businesses.

Hispanic Heritage Month is officially underway and Congressman Joaquin Castro and other political leaders are putting a focus on Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI).

Huge celebrations across the U.S. are expected to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, an annual tradition that showcases the awe-inspiring diversity and culture of Hispanic people.

This weekend, a month-long celebration returns to San Antonio honoring Hispanic and Latino history and culture.

Federal education advocates say colleges and universities that serve higher than average Hispanic student populations are vital to the goals of educational equality and economic opportunities.

Filling out forms that ask for racial and ethnic identification can be a struggle for many Latinos, especially when there is not one box that reflects their identity.

In a lawsuit challenging redistricting in Galveston County, the 5th Circuit said the protections afforded to a single racial group don’t apply to multiple groups who collectively claim voting rights violations.

A west Texas school built in 1909 for Mexican and Mexican American students as part of “separate but equal” education segregation was designated Wednesday as a national park.

As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised to expand his coalition — and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the number of residents of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who joined the state's population.

The Supreme Court has left in place the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia, despite claims that it discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.

Black, white, Hispanic and Asian adults in the U.S. largely agree that the government should focus on the economy and foreign policy issues in 2024.

Border counties in Texas have some of the highest Alzheimer’s diagnosis rates in the nation, with rates ranging from 13% to 18% of people aged 65 and over.

A local event created a space where Hispanic students can envision themselves in a career in science, technology, engineering and math.

The Justice Department has secured a $9 million settlement with Ameris Bank over allegations it avoided underwriting mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities in Jacksonville, Florida, and discouraged people there from getting home loans.

San Antonio Water System announced Friday the promotion of the first Hispanic woman to the role of Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer

The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity.

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the practice unconstitutional, admissions experts say other states could look to Texas’ Top 10% Plan as a way to diversify their student bodies.

Almost half of all voters in the 2022 midterm elections cast their ballots before Election Day either by mail or through early voting, with Asian and Hispanic voters leading the way.

A coding error in an annual survey by the U.S. Census Bureau has offered unprecedented insight into how large numbers of Brazilians in the U.S. identify as Hispanic.

For about 20 years, the Ricardo Salinas Pediatric Dental Clinic on the West Side has been providing low cost care and targeting dental disease in Hispanic children.

The Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man’s body was discovered on the side of the road.

Nearly half of Hispanic Texans live in the state’s five largest counties, a voting bloc Democrats cannot afford to lose as they struggle to compete in the state’s vast rural areas.

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin accepted the Naming Commission’s change and announced it would take place by Jan. 1, 2024.

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a celebration of Mexican tradition and culture.

The perfect steak, a fall family road trip, Hispanic heritage expressed in art and belly dancing!

Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” teaser was released and the Hispanic community has taken to the internet to share their excitement for the cultural representation.

Metro Phoenix’s Maricopa County had among the biggest growth in white, Black and Hispanic residents last year, as well as the biggest increase overall of any U.S. county.

The federal government is taking preliminary steps toward revising racial and ethnic classifications that haven't been changed in a quarter century following calls for better categories for how people identify themselves in federal data gathering.

As the small Texas city of Uvalde struggles to heal after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school, thoughts have also turned to making sure the school’s legacy as the place that was at the heart of a fight for the equal education of Mexican Americans over half a century ago is carried on.

Following a pressure campaign from outsiders, more companies are disclosing the racial breakdowns of their boards of directors.

A new report by Pew Research Center says about 6 million adults in the United States identify as Afro Latino, a distinction with deep roots in colonial Latin America.

Voting rights advocates have filed a new lawsuit in federal court over Texas' newly redrawn congressional district maps.

Austin Fire Department’s first Hispanic firefighter passed away Friday night, according to the fire department’s Facebook page.

When it comes to Hispanics and Latinos, there’s a term that continues to bring up a lot of discussion: Latinx. A local professor explains the term.

The Inspiration4 mission taking place in the midst of Hispanic Heritage Month brought to mind two trailblazing astronauts.

A free “Find Your Roots” genealogy class is being offered in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Which Hispanic celebrities have the most net worth?

National Hispanic Heritage Month is held annually from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 and celebrates the culture and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans.

No racial or ethnic group dominates for people under age 18 in the newly released 2020 census figures.

The Texas Education Agency cited COVID-19’s disproportionate effect on communities of color as reason for lower engagement and attendance rates among students of color.

A Hispanic heritage group in Santa Fe is suing the mayor over the destruction of a U.S. veterans memorial by activists during a demonstration on Indigenous People’s Day.

Slightly more than half of white voters (53%) agreed with the deportation statement, as did 29% of Hispanic and 35% of Black voters. But 53% of Black voters and 61% of Hispanic voters disagreed, along with 42% of white voters. In a February 2018 UT/TT Poll, 61% of Texas voters said they would prefer to continue DACA. Texas voters have mixed views about the state’s increasing racial and ethnic diversity. While 28% of white and Hispanic voters said it’s a cause for concern, 46% of Black voters said so.

AdAs darkness enveloped her freezing home for a second night Tuesday, Almendarez was prepared to sleep in her car with her kids. They all contracted the virus in July after her mother was infected while cleaning homes to help pay the bills. Cities rushed to set up warming centers to offer cold residents some respite. Plummer said during the storm, the few store shelves in those neighborhoods emptied fast and older people had trouble finding medication. Even as more than half of the deaths due to COVID-19 have been Black or Hispanic people, advocates have reported that these communities have fallen behind in the vaccination efforts.

SAN ANTONIO – COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the Latino population in San Antonio, with data suggesting that districts with the highest Latino populations — Districts 3, 4 and 5 — are among the hardest hit. But as the vaccine continues to roll out in San Antonio and in Bexar County, which populations are receiving the vaccine? Ad“The highest cases of COVID deaths, unfortunately have been in the Hispanic population,” said Dr. Rocha-Garcia. Metro Health released new data on Thursday, which shows 52% of those who received their vaccinations at the mass vaccination sites are Latino. RELATED: Metro Health director nixes central registry for vaccine sign-ups

SAN ANTONIO – A unique property is up for sale in San Antonio - a new construction home that blends elements of rock and refurbished wood from the estate home of Texas’ first Hispanic Secretary of State Judge Roy Barrera Sr. It sits on property that was part of Barrera’s family ranch from the 1950s until 2016. The rock walls featured in the newly constructed home were part of the original estate named Villa del Carmen, after Barrera’s wife, said Kuper Sotheby’s brand manager Cody Bays. The ranch was sold to a developer after Barrera’s wife passed away, according to MySanAntonio.com. A plaque in the Carmen Heights neighborhood where the house is located says Villa del Carmen has been the site of numerous art exhibits and fundraisers that support local artists.

For Democrats to win control of the Senate, Georgia’s Black communities, as well as the state's smaller Hispanic and Asian communities, likely need to vote in the Jan. 5 runoff election by history-making margins. An Associated Press VoteCast survey of Georgia voters in November found that 22% of white voters chose Warnock and 28% chose Ossoff, compared to the 90% of Black voters who chose Ossoff and 73% who chose Warnock. Democrats also have an opportunity to capture the 15% of Black voters who chose Matt Lieberman, another Democratic candidate who competed against Warnock in last month’s race. There are signs that turnout in Georgia could indeed be high in the runoffs. “Do you have a plan to vote in the runoff election?” another canvasser, Graco Hernandez Valenezuela, asked Tyrone Vereen, a 62-year-old Black retired police officer who answered the door.

(AP Photo/Jeff Amy)LILBURN, Ga. – As Georgia heads into two key runoffs that will determine control of the U.S. Senate, Democrats are hoping to count on Latino voters who helped tilt the state blue in November. Many of those who can vote are young adults, with about 20,000 Georgia Latinos turning 18 each year, according to census figures. But Latino voters could be part of a coalition just big enough for Ossoff and Warnock to win. Georgia is multilingual and multiethnic,” said Gigi Pedraza, executive director of Georgia’s Latino Community Fund, which has helped mobilize Latino voters. Jason Anavitarte was a national Latino adviser to Trump this year and won a state Senate seat northwest of Atlanta as a Republican.

SAN ANTONIO – Throughout the child welfare sector, experts say children of color have worse outcomes in the system when it comes to placement and adoption. Simmons, who sits on the Texas Advisory Committee on Promoting Adoption of Minority Children, said in Bexar County, Hispanic children wait the longest for adoption, followed closely by Black children. The extreme disparities have experts like Simmons reviewing parts of the system in desperate need of change. “Right now, the State of Texas has done a really great job of engaging with kinship programs reducing disparities for Black and Hispanic children,” Simmons said. Their adopted boys are Hispanic and Black, the two specific types of children that have historically and currently need adoption the most.

Latinx is a term that seems to be popping up more often in the last couple of years, but research reveals that still very few Latinos identify with it. A recent Pew Research survey revealed that only 3% of the U.S. Hispanic population use the term Latinx and only 1 in 4 have even heard of it. Even if few Hispanic people know what it means, Latinx is now a part of the culture, so here’s everything you need to know about the term. In 2018 Latinx was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary and is defined as a gender-neutral alternative to Latino or Latina. Any Latino can identify with the term but according to Pew Research, the LGBTQ community and younger generations identify as Latinx more than others.

SAN ANTONIO – The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is located in the heart of the west side of San Antonio. This month dance instructors and students are coming together even more so (online) to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. “We are always celebrating our Hispanic heritage, that is why we exist,” Education Director at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Belinda Menchaca said. Preserving and conserving the Mexican traditions is at the root of the dance classes available at the Guadalupe Dance Company. The Guadalupe Dance Company is located at 723 S. Brazos St.

He courted Hispanic voters near Miami and Black voters in Atlanta. “This is an unusual name for an organization whose ideology and tactics are right now destroying many Black lives,” Trump charged. On Friday morning, at his golf club in Doral, Florida, Trump tried to blunt Biden’s support among Hispanic voters at a “Latinos for Trump” roundtable. But a Monmouth University poll also conducted this month found Biden well ahead of Trump among Latino voters in the state, 58% to 32%. Hispanic voters in Florida tend to be somewhat more Republican-leaning than Hispanic voters nationwide because of the state’s Cuban American population, which Trump acknowledged several times in his remarks.

SAN ANTONIO – ssRice is the oldest known food still consumed today and is a staple in many kitchens. One popular dish in many Hispanic kitchens is arroz con pollo (chicken and rice). There are many different varieties but it can be done easily with just a few ingredients. Below is a basic recipe and don’t ask for measurements I was always taught to season to desired taste -- you know a touch of this and that. Easy Arroz Con PolloIngredients: Vegetable oil, white rice, ground comino, chopped onion flakes, garlic powder, chicken bouillon, tomato bouillon (tomato sauce can also be used as a substitute), salt and pepper, bone-in chicken thighs or quarters (chicken breasts can be used as well).

LOS ANGELES – Gloria Estefan, Alex Rodriguez and Eva Longoria will be among the participants in a monthlong online celebration of Latino contributions to television. It’s the first such event by Paley to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Among the highlights of the event (all times Eastern):— “A Tribute to Hispanic Achievements on Television,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on Yahoo Entertainment. Estefan, Longoria, Edward James Olmos, Jimmy Smits and George Lopez are among those participating, with Soledad O’Brien as moderator. — “Telemundo’s ‘La Reina del Sur’: A Conversation with the Stars,” Oct. 2, Yahoo Entertainment and Yahoo en Español.

Speaking of cocktails, what’s better: a margarita or a paloma? Let us know on the @SALiveKSAT Facebook and Twitter pages - and follow us on Instagram for deals, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes experiences! — SA Live (@SALiveKSAT) September 15, 2020Kristen Ortiz with Dulce Vida Spirits will be mixing up some fun cocktails for us on the show today. SA Live airs weekdays at 1 p.m. on KSAT 12. Stream the show anytime from the KSAT TV app on Roku, Fire Stick, a smart TV or smartphone.

That's fueling an urgent effort by Biden, Harris and their allies to shore up older voters, suburbanites and African Americans to make up for potential shortcomings elsewhere. If Biden reclaims the upper Midwest for Democrats, he won’t need Florida to capture the presidency. Hispanic voters in Florida tend to be somewhat more Republican-leaning than Hispanic voters nationwide because of the state’s Cuban American population. Nationally, little public polling is available to measure the opinions of Latino voters this year and whether they differ from four years ago. “As we get closer to November you’re going to see an even greater amount of activity to turn out Latino voters," Alex said.

Biden has struggled to build enthusiasm among young voters, and some Democrats have expressed concerns about what they see as the campaign's lack of outreach to Latino voters, which Sanders echoed on MSNBC. How do we get them to vote?”A Biden campaign adviser, Symone Sanders, was asked Sunday on ABC's “This Week” whether the campaign would take Sanders' advice. “The enthusiasm is with Trump, not with Biden,” Sanders said. The Biden campaign has focused much of its early efforts on those three states, with Biden and running mate Kamala Harris visiting all three in recent weeks. While Sanders made his concerns public in recent interviews, he also has expressed them in private to the Biden campaign, according to Faiz Shakir, Sanders’ former presidential campaign manager.

SAN ANTONIO – Marcus Peoples is young and ambitious. Growing up, he had all the love and support he needed from his family, yet still, something was missing. In his new book, “Proud to Be In Between," he allows the world inside his bubble, his life, his family and even his heart. Through his faith in God and his family’s support, he finally decided to publish his first book. “She really captured our family.”You can purchase his children’s book at Feliz Modern, Amazon.com or his website, Proud to be In Between.com.

With both the start of Hispanic Heritage Month and the National Football League season converging this month, what better time to look back at the first known Hispanic player to play in the NFL?

Which Latin celebrities have the most net worth?

In a study conducted by the Centers for the Disease Control and Preventing, health trends in Hispanics across the world were evaluated.