Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Press Center

News and developments of interest to and that has an impact on the legal aid community in Texas.

Author: Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, or TRLA, is a not-for-profit agency that provides free legal services to the indigent in Central, South and West Texas.

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Recent Posts from Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Press Center

Salt Lake Tribune - FLDS Parenting Classes Set
A month after their children were returned, FLDS parents are getting the first word about parenting classes the state of Texas has required them to complete. Marleigh Meisner, a Texas Department of Family and…
TRLA Offices Closed - July 4, 2008
All TRLA branch offices will be closed on July 4, 2008 for Independence Day. Offices will re-open on Monday, July 7th.
Laredo Morning Times - De Leon, El Cenizo mayor and democracy leader, dies
A man whom some credit with helping bring true democracy to the people and City of El Cenizo died at his home in the small city just south of Laredo on June 28.Guadalupe De Leon…
Arizona Republic - Mothers in polygamous sect selling FLDS fashions online
Polygamy’s pop-culture moment now extends to the closet. FLDS women are offering their handmade, old-fashioned children’s clothing for sale online - long underwear, slips and all. At FLDSDress.com, pastel-pink dresses and denim overalls mirror the…
Laredo Morning Times - Residents join lawsuit
Members of Laredo Housing Authority resident councils have intervened in an ongoing lawsuit against the Metro Affordable Housing Corp., alleging their rights have been violated after being banned from participation on the Metro’s board of…
Salt Lake Tribune - FLDS fashions for kids sold on enterprising Web site
A new clothing brand may be born out of the Texas raid on a polygamous sect. FLDS women for the first time are offering their handmade, distinctive style of children’s clothes to the public…
Caller Times - Home loans confuse, distress buyers
When Corina Lopez bought her house in 2001, she financed through the previous owner. The terms were relatively simple: Lopez put down $3,300 and would pay $496.47 a month for the next 15 years for…
Houston Chronicle - Child protection agency chief to retire
Carey Cockerell, head of the state agency that removed more than 400 children from a West Texas polygamist sect, announced his retirement Friday. Friends and associates said that Cockerell, 61, had planned to leave his…
Texas Observer - The Natural
The teenager carried a long-handled hoe. Her bosses had left her unsupervised to work the vast, northern Illinois vegetable field. As the summer sun beat down, she moved up and down the rows clearing weeds.…
Truthout - Child Detainees Battle System Alone
Detained children often face harsh conditions while struggling against a legal system over which they have little hope of triumphing. Undocumented children entering the US alone must confront barriers that extend far beyond the border.…