Feds Reject Texas’ Application To Extend Postpartum Medicaid To Six Months

August 5, 2022

A midwife cares for a newborn baby in 2018. Credit: Natalia Ojewska for The Texas Tribune By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune, Aug. 4, 2022 State lawmakers who wanted the extension believe feds could have interpreted language in a 2021 bill as…

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Sen. Hinojosa Reminds Texans Of Sales Tax Holiday This Weekend

August 4, 2022

By DAVID A. DÍAZ, [email protected] Texas’ highly successful annual Sales Tax Holiday is scheduled this year from Friday, August 5, through midnight Sunday, August 7, 2022 and will offer Texans an opportunity to save millions in state and local sales tax…

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Rep. Canales Honored With “Accomplishment by Public Official Award” from Housing Group

August 4, 2022

Photo above: Pictured from left are: Edinburg Mayor Ramiro Garza, Jr.; Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg; and Edinburg City Councilmember Dan Díaz. The mayor and city councilmember helped present Canales with the “Accomplishment by Public Official Award” from the Southwest Regional…

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UTRGV, City of Brownsville, Museum of Fine Arts hosting special Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit on farmworker Huerta  

August 3, 2022

Photo above: UTRGV, the City of Brownsville and the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art collaborated to bring a special Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit, “DOLORES HUERTA: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos.” The exhibit will be on display…

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Almost 600 Texas youth are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse

August 2, 2022

Photo above: The Giddings State School, a Texas Juvenile Justice Department prison in Lee County, on July 20. Last month, the agency reported only 42% of needed security officers at the prison were available. Credit: Jolie McCullough/The Texas Tribune By Jolie McCullough,…

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Edinburg Police Invite You To National Night Out 2022!

August 1, 2022

The City of Edinburg’s Police Department is hosting its 26th Annual National Night Out Tuesday, Aug 2 This fun-filled family event is part of a community-building campaign that promotes strong police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our cities safer…

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Perryman Column: Working

June 29, 2022

Dr. M. Ray Perryman, June 22, 2022 May was another solid month for the Texas job market, with the state posting by far the largest gain across the nation (+74,200), well above California (+42,900) and New York (+26,800). Texas was…

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Edinburg Officer Placed On Administrative Leave Without Pay After DWI Stop

June 29, 2022

Edinburg Police Officer Adan Ariel Moreno, a 12 year veteran of the Department, was arrested by the Edinburg Police Department for suspicion of Driving While Intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor, on June 25th, 2022 at approximately 4:30am. On June 25th, 2022 Adan Ariel Moreno was taken before Edinburg Municipal…

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“Borderlands-An Illustrated History by José Cisneros” Opens July 5 At MOST History

June 29, 2022

Photo above: José Cisneros at his home studio in El Paso during the early 1990s. Photo taken by Tom Fort, Curator of Exhibits at MOSTHistory. Pen-and-ink drawings showcase borderland history EDINBURG, Texas — A new temporary exhibit titled “Borderlands-An Illustrated…

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Ingredients For Memorias Culinarias: Love For The Spanish Language And Food Memories 

June 29, 2022

Photo above: Maria Bolkcom, a junior majoring in Spanish, won top honors for the Memorias Culinarias/Culinary Memories literary contest at UTRGV. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike) By Letty Fernandez  You know how, when you take a bite of a sabroso…

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