On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, the issue of whether the Edinburg City Council will continue providing its annual $1 million donation to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine – which has a major component in the city – was reviewed by the mayor and four city councilmembers. UTRGV’s School of Medicine came up during the Zoom video session of the city council, as part of their discussion and consideration of the proposed tax rate for the city budget – which has not yet been approved – that would begin October 1, 2020 and last through September 30,