This story will take a little digging, but The Advance News received it late Tuesday, July 28, on deadline day, of course. Here’s what we have so far: Hidalgo County District Attorney Ricardo “Ricky Rod” Rodriguez typed a letter Tuesday addressed to the Office of the Texas Attorney General, seeking an opinion on the county’s behalf tied to federal monies related to COVID-19 and the CARES Act. It seems that a private individual had filed a public information request seeking any and all information as to how Hidalgo County will spend, or has already spent, the millions it has received courtesy of ...