📅 This Weekend & Next — Coastal Bend Events
This Saturday, March 21 — Nueces County Democratic Convention If you signed a convention card at the March primary, you are a delegate. Show up, be counted, and help select Nueces County’s delegates to the Texas State Democratic Convention — coming to Corpus Christi this year. This is tomorrow and it matters. Don’t skip it.
IceRays Final Home Game — Hilliard Center, March 28 The Corpus Christi IceRays play their last home game of the season on March 28 at the Hilliard Center. A great community outing before or after the rally.
⭐ Mark Your Calendar — Next Saturday, March 28
No Kings Rally — Oleander Point at Cole Park, 2:00–4:00 PM
March 28 marks the third national “No Kings” day of action, with over 2,600 locations registered nationwide. Benziedemocrats Right here in Corpus Christi, Indivisible Coastal Bend is organizing the rally at Oleander Point at Cole Park. A previous Corpus Christi No Kings rally drew 4,000 people. After a week of escalating water crisis news, SAVE Act Senate debate, and the César Chávez march cancellation, next Saturday is your chance to show up, be visible, and make your voice heard.
Bring a sign. Bring water. Bring your community. 💙
📍 Oleander Point at Cole Park · ⏰ 2:00–4:00 PM · 📅 Saturday, March 28
#NoKings #IndivisibleCoastalBend #NuecesCounty #IslandDemocrats
National News Updates Concerning Nueces County
🗳️ SAVE America Act — Breaking This Week
The Senate began debating the SAVE America Act on March 17, and the situation is moving fast. The U.S. Senate this week began consideration of the SAVE America Act, which would introduce new proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote. While the bill is a top priority for President Trump, it is unlikely to overcome Democratic opposition and the Senate’s legislative filibuster — though Republican-led states have taken up the cause independently. NPR
Democrats have warned the SAVE America Act is part of a broader attempt by Trump to alter the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections, which will decide control of the House and Senate. CNBC
The bill has expanded in scope. Trump has proposed the final version also eliminate mail-in voting with limited exceptions, and Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt introduced an amendment that would additionally ban transgender women from women’s sports and restrict gender-affirming surgery for minors. FactCheck.org
The Senate math is against it for now. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is signaling the numbers simply aren’t there — “For better or worse, I’m the one who has to be the cleareyed realist about what we can achieve here,” he told reporters. Votebeat But proof-of-citizenship bills are now sitting on governors’ desks in Florida, South Dakota, and Utah, following similar laws already passed in Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming. OPB
What you can do right now: Call your senators at 844-402-1001 and tell them to vote NO on S. 1383.
💧 Corpus Christi Water Crisis — Critical Update Today
This is the most urgent local story in the Coastal Bend right now, and it escalated significantly this week.
At a marathon ten-hour city council meeting, Corpus Christi leaders unveiled projections suggesting the city could be just two months away from triggering emergency water measures — a Level 1 water emergency — under two of five modeled scenarios. The Texas Tribune
The city earlier this week said it could enter a water emergency in as soon as two months. At that point, the city would have roughly six months before supply could no longer meet demand. KSAT Major refineries including ExxonMobil and Flint Hills Resources are already seeking alternative water sources.
Tuesday’s meeting marked the culmination of a crisis years in the making. For a decade, Corpus Christi aggressively courted large industrial companies while confidence hinged on a planned seawater desalination plant — but when the city council killed that project last year amid public opposition and rising costs, it upended the city’s long-term water planning. The Texas Tribune
On the Barney Davis front — the City Council unanimously voted this week to partner with CPS Energy to explore a desalination plant at the Flour Bluff power plant, a project that could cost up to $600 million and is still years from construction.
James Dodson, former director of Corpus Christi’s water department, said: “It’s going to be an economic disaster. It’s the very worst scenario that I’ve ever seen.” The Texas Tribune
✊ César Chávez March — Cancelled Amid National Allegations
This one hit the Coastal Bend community hard. The Corpus Christi César Chávez March and Festivities, scheduled for Saturday, March 28 and set to mark the 25th annual event, have been cancelled. Local organizers cited information from a trusted source regarding “sensitive matters” involving Chávez that are expected to be published in a national newspaper article in April. KristV
The United Farm Workers — the union Chávez co-founded with Dolores Huerta — said it would not participate in any César Chávez Day activities, citing a need to “provide space for those who may have been victimized.” The César Chávez Foundation said it had “become aware of disturbing allegations that César Chávez engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with women and minors.” KBTX
Dolores Huerta had been scheduled to appear as a featured guest but her staff notified organizers in February that she would be unable to attend due to a double-booking. Events in Houston, San Antonio, Tucson, San Francisco, and Laredo were also cancelled. Yahoo!
The full allegations are expected in a New York Times investigation in April. This is a developing story.
