News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Japan Earthquake, Oil Prices And More

News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Japan Earthquake, Oil Prices And More

Mary Mata April 8, 2011

The government looks to be heading towards a shutdown without a budget deal before midnight; the sad things is most of the reason is not monetary, but partisan. Three more […]

News Taco To Go: Unemployment, Oil, Food Dye, Wisconsin And Highway Deaths

Mary Mata April 1, 2011

Unemployment is the lowest it’s been in two years, 8.8%, and workers were added to the economy faster in the past two months than any other time since the recession […]

News Taco To Go: Oil, Jobs, Muslims, Walmart And Radiation

Mary Mata March 30, 2011

President Obama is set to cut U.S. oil imports by 1/3 over the next decade due to unrest in the Middle East and rising prices. There were 201,000 jobs added […]

News Taco To Go: Civil Rights, Muslims, Libya, Budget And Carnival

Mary Mata March 7, 2011

People across the country commemorated the 46th anniversary of the Selma, Alabama march known as “Bloody Sunday.” The GOP is looking into how Muslims are a danger to the U.S., […]

News Taco To Go: Budget, Pope, Gays, Libya And The Pope

Mary Mata March 2, 2011

Crude oil prices are rising, given the unrest in the Middle East, this will translate to higher gas prices. Congress is figuring out how to fund government for a while […]

Ecuadorian Abuelita Takes Down Chevron

Mary Mata February 24, 2011

Oil giant Chevron was ordered by an Ecuadorian judge to pay $9.5 billion in fines and damages after decades of polluting parts of that country where María Aguinda and her […]

NewsTaco To Go: Budget Cuts, Gas Prices, Gays, PTSD And Wisconsin

Mary Mata

Wisconsin lawmakers have agreed to put an end to debating the bill that would strip state employees of collective bargaining rights, a vote could come as soon as noon. GOP […]

NewsTaco To Go: Libya, Wisconsin, Civility, Gulf Oil Spill And Gas Prices

Mary Mata February 21, 2011

Protestors in Wisconsin spent a sixth day demanding that Republican Gov. Scott Walker negotiate before cutting unions’ powers to negotiate for workers. Unrest in the Middle East has caused oil prices to […]

NewsTaco To Go: Census, Wisconsin Unions, Job Discrimination, Egypt And BP

Mary Mata February 18, 2011

Census data released in Texas show that 89% of the state’s growth over the past decade was made up by minorities, specifically Latinos. Wisconsin has been taken over by pro-union protestors, […]