This week’s featured pets are Blake, a two year old female tabby cat, and Dimitri, a 3-year old male Plott Hound Cross. They’re different in just about every way, except for a couple of commonalities — either would make a great pet, AND they want to find their forever homes before Christmas.
So, State Democrat Chair Gilberto Hinojosa will step down next March from the seat he’s held for the past 12 years while remaining out of touch with his core constituency.
Earlier this week, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for “Border Czar,” Thomas Homan, told Fox News that employers should expect workplace inspections to ensure that all employees have the legal right to work in this country.
The U.S. and Mexico agreed to amend a 1944 water treaty, which might bring some relief to South Texas farmers struggling with scarce water.
Take me back to a gentler time when people used a rope and a ferry to get across the Rio Grande. No, wait, such a thing still exists — the Los Ebanos Ferry, the last hand-operated ferry on the Rio Grande, just three miles off Expressway 83/I-2 near Sullivan City on FM 886. The days of the bootleggers have given way to drug smugglers but the historical ambience is still there.
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