San Juan election correction
Wed, 01/29/2025 - 5:41am
Last week, The Advance published a story about the San Juan City Commission.
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Deadline for paying property taxes is Friday
Wed, 01/29/2025 - 5:41am
Special to the Advance EDINBURG — Friday is the last day that the 2024 Taxes may be paid without penalties and interest. Mailed payments are considered timely if postmarked by January 31, 2025. Business hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the following locations:
Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students’ private school
Wed, 01/29/2025 - 5:41am
The Texas Senate revealed a bill on Friday to create an education savings accounts program, a top priority for Gov. Greg Abbott and top lawmakers after a similar bill failed to pass last legislative session. The bill, co-authored by Sen. Brandon Creighton, a Republican from Conroe who chairs the Senate Education Committee, would provide families with $10,000 a year per student in taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s tuition at an accredited private school and additional expenses like textbooks, transportation and therapy. The legislation would provide $11,500 per student for children with disabilities. It also would provide at least $2,000 a year per student for home-schooling families who participate in the program.
Assassinations: JFK, RFK, MLK
Wed, 01/29/2025 - 5:41am
Like Trump or not, who can argue that the executive order he signed last Thursday (Jan. 23) to declassify any remaining files from the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK isn’t a great thing for Americans and this country’s need to be transparent?