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ECISD Board To Approve Multiple Agreements With UTRGV At Tonight’s Meeting
Edinburg, Texas, Sept. 26, 2023 – The Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees will meet tonight in a regular meeting with a routine agenda loaded with hiring new staff and with several agreements with UTRGV in addition to routine purchasing matters. The Board will consider four agreements with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).…
One-third of Texas foster care caseworkers left their jobs last year as the agency continued putting kids in hotels
Photo above — Turnover at the Texas Department of Family and Protective services has soared. Employees cite low pay and heavy caseloads as some of the reasons staffers are leaving. Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune The Department of Family and Protective Services has increasingly relied on housing foster kids in hotels when it can’t find them a…
Laws have changed around parking for disabled Texans over the years. Here’s how it looks today.
Photo above — A car with a disabled veteran license plate sits parked in a disabled parking zone outside the Capitol Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 in Austin. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune By Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune, Sept. 20, 2023 “Laws have changed around parking for disabled Texans over the years. Here’s how it looks today.”…
LNG
Dr. M. Ray Perryman, Sept. 13, 2023 The United States now exports more liquefied natural gas (LNG) than any other country. It’s a relatively new development, with Australia and Qatar usually topping the rankings in the past. The volume of US exports has surged over the past few years, with major new facilities coming online…
Edinburg CISD Hires McAllen ISD Staff For Finance Chief Post
Edinburg, Texas, Sept. 19, 2023 — The Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees recruited a current assistant superintendent from the McAllen school district to fill a vacant assistant superintendent post. The board took action after exiting from executive session. McAllen ISD Assistant Superintendent for Business Operations Adelita “Adel” Felix was approved by the Edinburg CISD board…
STISD Preparatory Academy Wins 2022-2023 Academic & Athletic League Middle School Cup
Photo above — South Texas ISD Preparatory Academy student athletes pose with the 2022-2023 Texas Charter School Academic & Athletic League (TCSAAL) Texas Cup for the Middle School Premier Schools division during the campus trophy presentation ceremony Edinburg, TX, Sept. 18, 2023 – The athletic program at South Texas Independent School District (STISD) Preparatory Academy in Edinburg…
Texas parents who care for their disabled children full time will lose money after pay raise
Photo above — Laurie Sharp talks with her daughter, Logan Sharp, in the living room of their Pflugerville home on Sep. 9. 2023. Logan’s feeding tube runs in the foreground, which she requires to eat. Julius Shieh/The Texas Tribune Texas Medicaid caregivers’ wages were already near the poverty level. But parents whose sole income came…
The High Economic Cost of the Opioid Crisis
By Dr. Ray Perryman, September 13, 2023 Opioid addiction and overdoses have devasted individuals, families, and communities across the state, nation, and world. The human costs of this health crisis are immeasurable and are the reason that aggressively attacking this crisis is a social and humanitarian imperative. At the same time, there are significant economic…
ECISD Trustees To Discuss Allowing Unlicensed Religious Chaplains In Edinburg Schools
Edinburg, Texas, Sept. 12, 2023 — Edinburg CISD Trustees will consider a resolution and take a recorded vote on whether to allow unlicensed chaplains to provide counseling services to students on campus. As required by Senate Bill 763, the Board will take the vote during today’s meeting. The Board will hold its regular meeting tonight starting…
Metro Outlook
Dr. M. Ray Perryman, Sept. 12, 2023 Although there are clearly challenges facing the global economy, the outlook for Texas remains largely favorable. Looking within the state, projected growth across all the entire spectrum of diverse metropolitan areas is also positive, though the pace of expansion varies notably. Let’s take a quick look at some…
