In the footsteps of California's controversial Proposition 209, the Nov. 7 ballot in Michigan includes Proposal 2, which would end racial and gender consideration in public employment, education and contracting.

Adweek's Hispanic marketing publication Marketing Y Medios will stop publishing as a standalone journal next year. Intelligent publication reportedly fell flat with readers and advertisers.

For Alaska Airlines, Mexico isn't just a going-to-the-beach market anymore. The SeaTac-based carrier's business, while still heavily tilted toward flying Americans on vacation to Mexico's traditional beach resorts such as Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas and Cancun, in the last two years has begun serving such Mexican business centers as Guadalajara and Mexico City.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, calling an intimidating letter sent to thousands of Hispanic voters "a hate crime," said Saturday the Republican candidate whose campaign it was linked to should quit the race if he had anything to do with it.

The bottom line is that in the most recent presidential election, the percentage of Hispanics who voted Republican shot up almost 20 points over the nadir eight years earlier. Now Republicans are about to squander it all.

Quepasa Corp., the only Hispanic-oriented Web site to survive the dot-com meltdown, received a $10 million shot in the arm from another up-and-coming Web-focused property, Mexicans and Americans Trading Together Inc., and on Monday starts trading on Nasdaq.

When it comes to construction of the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, some Hispanic business leaders say they're not getting their fair share of the Fair Share -- an agreement that recommends how much construction and operation business should be awarded to minority- and women-owned businesses.

Latin American migrants in the United States this year will send a record $45 billion to support their relatives back home, according to a study released Wednesday.

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While the U.S. median age continues to rise, from 35.3 years in 2000, the median age of Hispanics remains the lowest of all groups. Demographers predict faster growth among young Hispanics than among other young ethnic groups for the next decade.

Our list of who's raising the Hispanic profile in 2006.

Our 100 Most Influential Hispanics list from 1986 has some familiar names -- where are they now?