Disabled veterans’ home property tax breaks, Valley VA Hospital plan, posting...
Paul Cowen, longtime chief-of-staff for Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., D-Brownsville, and an alumni of then Pan American University, on Monday, June 1, was honored by the Senate for his legislative work on...
View ArticleTexas Monthly ignores Valley lawmakers’ successes, again puts Hispanics in...
The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit appears to have caused some confusion among members of the media and news consumers, according to...
View ArticleTexas veterans denounce Texas Monthly’s attack on Rep. Flores for fighting...
Rep. Ismael "Kino" Flores, D-Palmview, flanked by leaders of local veterans’ groups, on Thursday, June 11, explained why he took on powerful legislative enemies in order to get his bill passed that...
View ArticleTom Schieffer, Democratic gubernatorial candidate,"will do everything" he can...
On the eve of Veterans Day, Texas gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer – featured fourth from left – a Democrat from Fort Worth, told South Texans that he "will do everything" he can to persuade the...
View ArticleEdinburg’s retail economy in November 2014 up 6.69 percent over November 2013...
Featured, from left: Congressman Joaquín Castro, D-San Antonio; and Mayor Richard García, President, Board of Directors, Edinburg Economic Development Corporation. Photograph by ISMAEL GARCÍA...
View ArticleEdinburg’s 2015 unemployment rates remain under five percent for fourth...
Edinburg’s unemployment rate for May 2015 was 4.8 percent, representing the fourth consecutive month that the city posted a monthly figure under five percent, with McAllen, at 4.6 percent, being the...
View ArticleEdinburg registers lowest unemployment rate – 4.5 percent – among Valley’s...
Featured: Councilmember David Torres, Mayor Richard García, and Mayor Pro Tem Richard Molina, at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance on Thursday, May 19, 2016, following the mayor’s State of...
View ArticleEdinburg’s 4.5 percent unemployment rate for May 2016 is the best showing for...
Featured: Edinburg Mayor Richard García, who also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Edinburg Economic Development Corporation, speaking with journalists after delivering his State of...
View ArticleEdinburg’s retail economy again registers best monthly rate of improvement –...
Featured, from left: Daniel Rivera, Founder, Grindstone Coworking of Edinburg (www.TheGrindstone.co) and Agustín García, Jr., Executive Director of the Edinburg Economic Development Corporation,...
View ArticleAs first class of UTRGV medical students participates in “White Coat”...
Featured: Guy Bailey, Ph.D, President, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; William H. McRaven, Chancellor, The University of Texas System; and Havidán Rodríguez, Ph.D., Provost and Executive...
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