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Hidalgo County Judge Cortez Partners With Girl Scouts For Ecotourism Initiative
EDINBURG – Outdoor experiences are key to children’s mental and physical well-being, but not enough children are having them. This summer, Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas (GSGST) has partnered with the Office of Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez to complete the Junior Explorer initiative program. The Junior Explorer program is an offshoot of…
Hidalgo County Precinct 4 Breaks Ground On Rio Grande Care Road Stormwater Improvement Project
Edinburg,TX — Hidalgo County Precinct 4 Commissioner Ellie Torres in collaboration with Hidalgo County Drainage District broke ground on the second of 12 stormwater management improvements to be developed within Precinct 4. “Drainage remains a top priority for the residents of Precinct 4. The Rio Grande Care Road Stormwater Improvement Project will provide enhancements that…
Feds Reject Texas’ Application To Extend Postpartum Medicaid To Six Months
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 excluding pregnant Texas women who had abortions. Texas’ application to extend Medicaid coverage for new…
Sen. Hinojosa Reminds Texans Of Sales Tax Holiday This Weekend
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 on clothing and various back-to-school items, according to Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen. Texans who…
STC To Host Vaccine Clinic On Friday
South Texas College will host a vaccine clinic that will include FREE Covid-19 vaccines and boosters (Moderna and Pfizer). In addition to COVID vaccines, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (D-TAP), measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), Varicella (chicken pox), Hepatitis B and Meningitis vaccines will also be available for a fee of $10. The clinic will take…
Edinburg Chamber to Host State of Education Luncheon
The Edinburg Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its quarterly Public Affairs Luncheon on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at the Region One Service Center, 1900 W. Schunior St. from 11:30 A.M. – 1 P.M. The luncheon’s topic will be the “State of Our Education ” where attendees will learn about the advancements and challenges facing…
UTRGV, City of Brownsville, Museum of Fine Arts hosting special Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit on farmworker Huerta
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 at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts through Oct. 1. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike)…
Why the High Plains turns off its turbines to limit wind production while the Texas power grid is stressed
Photo above: The Hale Wind Farm is outside of Petersburg and south of Plainview. Credit: Trace Thomas for The Texas Tribune By Jayme Lozano, The Texas Tribune, Aug. 2, 2022 LUBBOCK — The state’s High Plains region, which covers 41 counties in the Texas Panhandle and West Texas, is home to more than 11,000 wind turbines —…
Texas troopers are causing car chase fatalities and racially profiling drivers under Abbott’s border crackdown, complaint claims
Photo above: Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles are parked at a Best Western hotel in Del Rio on July 23, 2021. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune, July 28, 2022 At least 30 people have been killed in state police car chases connected to Texas’ expansive border security operation since…
Dallas landlord made record profits while evading eviction moratoriums, U.S. House committee says
Photo above: An aerial view of a Houston housing complex in 2019. A U.S. House subcommittee found that four corporate landlords tried to evict thousands of tenants while a federal ban on evictions was in place. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune, July 28, 2022 DALLAS — A Dallas-based corporate landlord…
