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Attorney: Rep. Canales played role in improving local, government transparency

Wed, 08/07/2024 - 12:00am

Transparency in local and state governments has been improved thanks to legislation in 2023 by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, which made clear the 10-business day deadline for government officials to release public records requested by citizens, or require that those bureaucrats and politicians justify to the Office of the Texas Attorney General why they cannot do so, according to South Texas attorney Omar Ochoa.

Floating barrier in Rio Grande can stay for now, appeals court says

Wed, 08/07/2024 - 12:00am

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last Tuesday ruled that the floating barrier Texas deployed in the Rio Grande last year to deter illegal migration could remain. The fight over the barrier is one of many broader, hard-fought legal and political battles over the state’s authority to control the flow of migrants at the border.

Business Bloodshed in Matamoros

Wed, 08/07/2024 - 12:00am

At least eight gunmen walked up to a white SUV being parked by a Matamoros business leader, Julio Cesar Almanza Armas, last Tuesday afternoon and fired approximately eight rounds through the driver’s side window, killing him instantly, according to multiple news reports published last week. (AP, CBS, Breitbart.com.)

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