New Federal Rules On Broadband Funding Could Deny Grants To Rural Texas Communities

June 22, 2022

By Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar  (AUSTIN) — I am extremely concerned about the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program issued on May 13 by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).…

Henry Cuellar Wins Democratic Primary In Recount

June 22, 2022

Photo above: U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, at a Get Out the Vote rally in San Antonio in May. A recount found that Cuellar won the Democratic nomination for his congressional seat. Credit: Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribune By Patrick Svitek,…

Waiting For Keys, Unable To Break Down Doors: Uvalde Schools Police Chief Defends Delay In Confronting Gunman

June 10, 2022

Photo Above: Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo on a dirt road on the outskirts of town on Wednesday. One of the first to respond to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, he…

Jessica Cisneros, Ruben Ramirez Demand Recounts In Two Close-Call South Texas Runoff Races

June 7, 2022

Photo above: Democratic congressional candidate Jessica Cisneros speaks at a “Meet the Candidates” event hosted by the Webb County Democratic Party in Laredo on Feb. 16, 2022. Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune, June 6,…

Texas Was Building Program To Find Troubled Students And Prevent School Shootings. It Hadn’t Reached Uvalde Yet.

June 2, 2022

By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune, June 2, 2022 “Texas was building a program to find troubled students and prevent school shootings. It hadn’t reached Uvalde yet.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization…

Texas Comptroller: Steep Rise In Prices Puts Inflation In The Spotlight

June 2, 2022

(AUSTIN) — Texas and the U.S. are experiencing the highest levels of inflation since the early 1980s. Inflation puts pressure on everyone in tangible ways, but why it occurs may be less obvious to the average consumer. In the recently released…

Local Municipalities To Host Regional Hurricane Preparedness Press Conference

May 27, 2022

Collaboration Aims to Prepare Region for the Impact of Natural Disasters EDINBURG, Texas– In an effort to ensure our region is prepared for the start of hurricane season, the city of Edinburg in conjunction with Hidalgo County, Pharr, McAllen, Mission,…

Moderate Democrats Win Two Key South Texas Runoffs, While Another Is Too Close To Call

May 25, 2022

Photo Above: Morgan LaMantia defeated Sara Stapleton-Barrera in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas Senate District 27 on Tuesday. LaMantia is vying to replace retiring state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville. Credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune Moderate Democrats win…

The U.S. census estimates it missed more than a half-million Texans during 2020 count

May 20, 2022

Photo above: Glenda Joe, center, encourages students to help their parents fill out the 2020 census during a Make Youth Count meeting on Feb. 15, 2020. The census, taken during a year of COVID-19 challenges, is estimated to have undercounted…

Gov. Greg Abbott Pushes School Voucher Program For Private Schools

May 13, 2022

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune, May 10, 2022 Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday voiced support for a school voucher plan, offering his clearest embrace in recent memory of letting parents use taxpayers dollars to send their kids to nonpublic…