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COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS AND ROADMAPS STUDY
Duval County ranked last in health More young people die there than anywhere else in state of Texas By Julia Wallace ZA PATA T I ME S
Of the 242 largest counties in Texas, Duval was recently ranked last in general health and last in length of life, meaning more young people die
there per capita than anywhere else in Texas. This finding comes from the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps study, which is conducted annually by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of
Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The study measures length of life with premature mortality rates — the years of life lost by people younger 75, per 100,000 residents. “For example, a person
dying at age 25 contributes 50 years of life lost, whereas a person who dies at age 65 contributes 10 years of life lost to a county’s (years of potential lives lost),” the study explains. Duval is estimated to have lost 14,800 years of life per 100,000 residents from 2014-2016. As a whole, Texas’ years of potential lives lost is 6,700 per 100,000
residents. Zapata County’s is 7,300. The study touched on many other factors that could contribute to Duval County’s poor overall health ranking, most of which boil down to the rural nature of the area. The three largest towns in the county are Benavides, Freer and San Diego, the county seat. The entire county’s population is estimated to be around
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11,000. This, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez says, is something to keep in mind when analyzing the data in this report. “This number requires consideration in regard to sampling size as a lower population can potentially misrepresent more populous counties ...,” he said in a statement to LMT. Study continues on A11
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CARAVAN UPS CONCERNS
Majority support renaming college Board president surprised by recent survey By Andrea Castañeda ZAPATA TIME S
“We’re going to be doing things militarily. Until we can have a wall and proper security, we’re going to be guarding our border with the military,” he said, calling the measure a “big step.” “We really haven’t done that before, or certainly not very much before,” he said. Trump has been deeply frustrated about the lack of progress building what was the
Although a majority of staff and students support renaming Laredo Community College, the LCC board president was surprised that 40 percent disapproved of the idea in a recent survey. Early this year, LCC trustees began entertaining the idea of removing “community” from the college’s name to become Laredo College. Trustee Gilberto Martinez suggested the name modification at a January board meeting. The suggestion was met with a favorable response from trustees, who expressed that renaming LCC would symbolize where the college is heading toward and enable it to expand its degree plans. A survey was created to see if faculty, staff and students held the same opinion. In the 20 days the survey was available, 837 people voted on whether they supported changing the colleges name from LCC to Laredo College. The results revealed that 40 percent of people who polled weren’t keen on the name “Laredo College.” Mercurio Martinez, LCC board of trustees president, said he was surprised at the amount of people who voted against. Martinez said he personally supports the name Laredo College and was hoping to have a higher percentage of people saying yes. Sixty percent of people were in favor of a name change. However, there were 74 suggestions for a name other than Laredo College. The top five suggestions were: Laredo International College, Laredo State College, Laredo City College, Laredo Border College and College of Laredo. The LCC board of trustees is expected to take a vote on the name change at a later date. LCC was born as Laredo Junior College. It has since expanded its reach as a learning institution, recruiting students from outside the local community.
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A group of Central American refugees and asylum seekers, led by the non-profit humanitarian organization Pueblos Sin Fronteras (People Without Borders), ride 'The Beast' freight train in Matias Romero, Oaxaca state Mexico on Sunday.
More than 1,150 people headed for US border By Christopher Sherman A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico — The caravan of Central American migrants that angered U.S. President Donald Trump was sidelined at a sports field in southern Mexico with no means of reaching the border even as Trump tweeted another threat to Mexico Tuesday. “The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our “Weak Laws” Border, had better be stopped before it gets there,” Trump wrote. “Cash
cow NAFTA is in play, as is foreign aid to Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen.” The caravan that once numbered 1,150 or more people actually halted days ago in the town of Matias Romero in the southern state of Oaxaca, where participants slept out in the open. After days of walking along roadsides and train tracks, the organizers now plan to try to get buses to take participants to the final event, an immigrants’ rights conference in the central state of Puebla later this week. Caravan continues on A11
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A Mexican immigration official speaks to a Honduran family at a temporary shelter in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State of Mexico.
U.S. IMMIGRATION
Trump wants military to secure border By Jill Colvin ASSOCIATED PRE SS
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This 2016 photo shows a U.S. Border Patrol agent drive near the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Santa Teresa, N.M. President Trump wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. Speaking at a lunch with Baltic leaders, Trump said he’s been discussing the idea with his Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis.