Special to the AdvanceEDINBURG — After 43 years of distinguished public service on the bench, the Honorable State District Judge Mario E. Ramirez, Jr. of the 332nd District Court, in Hidalgo County, has announced his retirement plans at the end of his current term, which is December 2024. Judge Ramirez will not be seeking re-election. His decision to retire marks the end of an era of exemplary judicial service.Judge Ramirez, a native of Roma, is the longest-serving presiding judge in Hidalgo County and the Fifth Administrative Judicial Region of Texas. “Judge Ramirez has been an exemplary public servant, a model ...