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July 12, 2023 The number of prime working age persons (those aged 25 to 54) in the United States has never been higher. Simultaneously, there are labor shortages and about 9.8 million job openings. Various factors have been blamed, including the “Great Resignation” and low labor force participation rates. Not exactly! The Edinburg Advocate: Your best…
FuturoRGV hosts forum to discuss Hidalgo County Prosperity Task Force’s efforts to Build a Thriving RGV
EDINBURG, TX, July 13, 2023 – FuturoRGV, along with South Texas College, the Rio Grande Valley Partnership, and Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez, is hosting a morning-long forum today to discuss the efforts of the Hidalgo County Prosperity Task Force to build a human capital pipeline. The Edinburg Advocate: Your best source for Hidalgo County News The Prosperity Task…
New Edinburg Compensation Plan Makes ECISD Teachers Highest Paid In South Texas
Edinburg, TX, June 28, 2023 —The Edinburg CISD Trustees approved their 2023-2024 Compensation Plan based on years of experience for teachers, nurses and librarians at last night’s board meeting. Starting salary for Teachers, Nurses and Librarians will be $57,250. That makes Edinburg CISD teachers the highest paid in South Texas.The starting pay for Bus Drivers…
UTRGV’s Karen Lozano named ‘Great Immigrant, Great American’ by Carnegie Corp. of New York
Photo: Dr. Karen Lozano, UTRGV professor of Mechanical Engineering and Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor, was named a “Great Immigrant, Great American” by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. (Courtesy Photo) By Amanda A. Taylor-Uchoa Edinburg TX – June 28, 2023 – The Carnegie Corporation of New York has named UTRGV’s Dr. Karen Lozano, professor of Mechanical…
Judge admonishes Texas foster care officials, saying they don’t properly monitor facilities housing kids
Photo above — The United States District Court in Corpus Christi, Texas on April 11, 2023. This courthouse is home to the Corpus Christi Division of the Southern District of Texas. Credit: Blaine Young for The Texas Tribune Children “often age out of care more damaged than when they entered (the state’s foster care system).”…
ECISD Board To Consider Adding BBQ To Its CTE Program
Edinburg TX, June 26, 2023 — The Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees will consider adding BBQ as part of its high school Career and Technical Education program during tomorrow’s regular school board meeting. The Edinburg Advocate: Your best source for Edinburg CISD & Education News Among the many other items on the Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees’ agenda…
Hispanics officially make up the biggest share of Texas’ population, new census numbers show
Photo above — Luisa and Antonio Perez dance to the band Tigrillos at the Festival Viva Mexico in Corpus Christi on Sept. 8, 2013. Credit: Eddie Seal for The Texas Tribune White people had been the state’s largest population group since at least 1850. Sometime in 2022, the Hispanic population surpassed them, new data shows.…
UTRGV Center for Teaching Excellence awarded NSF grant for SaLT program
Photo above — The National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program) has awarded a $199,838 grant to the UTRGV Center for Teaching Excellence’s Students as Learners and Teachers program (SaLT). Alyssa G. Cavazos, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and associate professor in the UTRGV Department of Writing and…
Hidalgo County DA announces DWI No Refusal Fourth of July weekend June 29- July 4
EDINBURG – Hidalgo County District Attorney Toribio “Terry” Palacios announces the “Fourth of July DWI No Refusal Weekend” that will commence June 29 and end on July 4 at midnight. The Edinburg Advocate: Your best source for Hidalgo County News During No Refusal weekend if Hidalgo County drivers are intoxicated and get behind the wheel they will be arrested…
Bullying Of Elite High School Athlete, Special Ed Services, Teacher Concerns Come Up During ECISD Board Public Comments
Photo above — Leticia Quintanilla, an executive board member for the local American Federation of Teachers, spoke about alleged bullying of an athlete at one of the high schools. Edinburg, TX, June 15, 2023 – Bullying of a top high school athlete, alleged lack of resources for the Special Education Department and concerns over support…
