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UTRGV Hosts Summer Camps For All Ages
Photo Above: Campers test their robotic vehicle during the 2019 University Transportation Center for Railway Safety Summer Camp. This year, UTRGV will again offer a variety of camps for elementary to high school students. (UTRGV File Photo by Silver Salas) By Santana Peralez RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – June 8, 2022 – Looking for the…
Jessica Cisneros, Ruben Ramirez Demand Recounts In Two Close-Call South Texas Runoff Races
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, 2022 Progressive candidate Jessica Cisneros announced Monday she will request a recount in the hard-fought…
Embargo
Even with challenges such as shortages of workers and supplies and unfavorable federal policy directions, the surge has been impressive. The Permian Basin will set a production record topping 5.2 million barrels per day in June, even with operating rigs still running well below pre-pandemic levels. — Perryman Dr. M. Ray Perryman The European Union…
Edinburg PD Capture Man Said To Threaten People At Municipal Park
MAN RUNS FROM POLICE AT CITY PARK, CHARGED WITH EVADING ARRESTOn Sunday, June 5, 2022 around 7:00 pm Edinburg police responded to Edinburg Municipal Park, located at 714 S Raul Longoria Road, after receiving several calls that there was a man threatening people with a gun. Officers arrived at the scene and spotted a man who…
Precinct 4 Announces Road Closure On Tower Road For Drainage Improvements
EDINBURG – Hidalgo County Precinct 4 and the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 will be working on storm water improvements at Tower Road between Canton Road and Iowa Road as part of the 2022 drainage improvements projects. In order to perform the drainage improvements and for the safety of the residents, the contractor will be…
MOSTHistory Presents Summer Camp At The Museum, June 20-24
Photo above: Museum staff will teach campers how to archive photographs properlyEDINBURG, Texas — The Museum of South Texas History presents Summer Camp at the Museum, a 5-day camp featuring hands-on activities related to museum career skills, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. June 20 to June 24. — Photo courtesy of MOSTHistory The camp…
Texas Was Building Program To Find Troubled Students And Prevent School Shootings. It Hadn’t Reached Uvalde Yet.
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 that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and…
Computer and Information Technologies to IT Certificates into Courses Fall 2022
Photo above: An instructor works with a student on a Google IT course. MCALLEN, TEXAS (MAY 27, 2022) – Contributing his success in the real world to professional certificates he received while pursuing a bachelor’s degree at South Texas College, Alejandro Farias believes STC’s Computer & Information Technologies Program (CITP) greatly increased his chances for…
Texas Comptroller: Steep Rise In Prices Puts Inflation In The Spotlight
(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 May issue of Fiscal Notes, the Comptroller’s office looks at inflation and the role it plays…
Undercount!
Dr. Ray Perryman The US Census Bureau recently released the 2020 Census estimated undercount and overcount rates from its Post-Enumeration Survey. While we feared an undercount for Texas, it was even worse than expected. The estimated costs of these downstream effects over the 2021 through 2030 period include an estimated $59.0 billion in gross product…
