Hinojosa Busted

"...Austin singer/songwriter Tish Hinojosa was arrested Aug. 6 at the Laredo border on..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Hinojosa, Hegar Ride On to the Sunset

Lt. Gov.'s selections changes tone of state agency oversight committee.

"...made his Senate selections for the Sunset Advisory Commission: Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Glenn Hegar, R-Katy. Hinojosa's name..."

Jan. 9, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Also, floating 'drug-free zones' proposed

"...drug task forces rogue operations, SB 1125, by Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, concerns itself only with those DTFs..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

News Ticker: May 21

All the news that's fit to blog

"...last minute appeal, Art Acevedo loses his cool, and Juan Hinojosa jumps the shark. Decisiveness is on the News..."

May 21, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

How Texas Youth Commission Fell

The scandal engulfing the Texas Youth Commission has claimed some scalps, but will the Legislature demand more?

"...A Senate Finance Committee meeting turns ugly when Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, sternly questions TYC Executive Director Dwight Harris..."

March 1, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Chronicle

The fight over re-redistricting is a battle for the civil rights of minority Texans.

"...aimed at one of the missing Democrats, McAllen Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa. As described by the McAllen Monitor, the..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Column by Michael King

TYC: Will the Lege Drain the Gulag?

State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency

"...Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, said he has spearheaded the legislative..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Keel's Firestorm

A bill that critics charged would have increased the pace of Texas executions dies and takes a judicial pay raise bill down with it

"...bill deferentially, saying he would compromise with Senate sponsor Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, to keep the trial appointment revisions..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Crossing Literary Borders

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith

"...photograph by Minh..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Could City Living Save the Texas Youth Commission?

"...the "Missouri model," which has been supported by Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen. Hinojosa, who authored last session's TYC-reforming..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Lege

The redistricting conference committee doesn't look like Texas, and Strayhorn gets slapped

"...solitary goal in the matter.) That leaves freshman Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, as the only anti-redistricting voice among..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Column by Michael King

TYC Trouble

Mounting frustration in Lege over Perry's lack of action toward allegations of sexual abuse and cover-ups within TYC facilities

"...At a Feb. 1 Senate Finance Committee meeting, Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, questioned TYC Executive Director Dwight Harris about..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Keel changes language to speed up death penalty

"...death penalty cases. Keel said that he and Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, worked together to craft the language..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Albuquerque or Bust!

The Texas Senate Democrats make a stand in New Mexico against congressional redistricting.

"...from several senators, including Austin's Gonzalo Barrientos and McAllen's Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa. Barrientos recalled family members who had fought..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Column by Michael King

It's a Wrap!

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

"...the center of the House and Senate is changing." Hinojosa for the Defense Rep. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, readily recites..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

The Legislature enters the home stretch -- two weeks to go.

"...support it. Although the bill's supporters, especially House sponsor Juan Hinojosa, insisted that they support the death penalty, the..."

May 18, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

An Update on Work in Progress at the Lege

"...On Monday, the House easily approved Rep. Juan Hinojosa's HB 236, which would allow a jury finding..."

April 27, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Smart Enough to Die

In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.

"...measure carried by Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, and then-Rep. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, created a process for enforcing a..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...that made it hard for patients to obtain the marijuana-derived CBD oil, a non-psychoactive drug containing low amounts of..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Criminal Justice Reform

Slow Train A-Comin'

"...police record interrogations (when "practical"), and one by Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, that would require corroboration of jailhouse..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Property Comes First

Tax plan progress?

"...tax bill – Senators Judith Zaffirini of Laredo and Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa of McAllen – balked when it became..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Averitt, R-McGregor; Kim Brimer, R-Fort Worth; Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock; Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen; Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville; Steve Ogden, R-Bryan; Royce..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature

On the Lege

Perry calls a third special re-redistricting session, and the Dems explore their options.

"...the Quorum Report, both Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, and Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, slipped home briefly to see their..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Run-off Election Night

Primary Run-off Report

"...bitterly fought Democratic Senate District 20 race, McAllen Rep. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa beat Barbara Canales-Black. And two high-profile Republicans..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Redistricting: Follow the Bouncing Pols

Redistricting trims Texas Dems and progressives from the Lege ranks. Start worrying.

"...Gutierrez is paired with (and will apparently run against) Juan Hinojosa; Debra Danburg has been doubled with Scott Hochberg..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Tinkering With the Machinery of Death

The Texas Legislature moves slowly to consider alternatives to the death penalty

"...reason to fix it." Over disagreement from committee chair Juan Hinojosa (who himself is sponsoring one of the life-without-parole..."

March 9, 2001 News Column by Michael King

The Privatized Government

Sen. Hinojosa draws comparisons between private prisons and private wars - and why both are doomed to fail the state.

"...an ombudsman's report on horrific conditions. But for Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, who lead the TYC reform drive..."

Oct. 10, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Rodeo 80

The 2007 Legislature in a quick-step roundup

"...Authored by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and refined by Rep. Scott Hochberg, D-Houston,..."

June 8, 2007 News Column

Deals to Deal With TYC

The last negotiations over reforming TYC have been completed: will they mean an accountable management?

"...was struck in conference committee between bill author Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and House Corrections Committee Chair Rep...."

May 21, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Criminal Justice: Mercy at the Margins

Small changes proposed in state criminal laws

"...Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio, Gene Wu, D-Houston, and Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, each have filed bills (HB 53 and..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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