The tabulations are in, and the Weslaco ISD Business Office has received a perfect score of 100 points from the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas for sound financial planning.
The City of McAllen has hired David R. Vasquez as its new Director of Finance. The Rio Grande Valley native has 13 years of experience in municipal work, serving most recently as the Finance Director for the City of Donna.
Midway through his stump speech at a recent campaign rally, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz did something unusual: He asked the audience to take out their cell phones and text an automated number that would respond with a link to download his thrice-weekly podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz.”
The City of McAllen will hold final public hearings on the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2025 property tax rate and budget at the next McAllen City Commission meeting on Monday, Sept. 23, starting at 5 p.m. at McAllen City Hall, Commission Chamber, 1300 W. Houston Ave., third floor. Residents are invited to attend the public hearings for both items.
Like local law enforcement doesn’t already have enough on its plate — drunk drivers, drunk drivers texting, drunk drivers snorting some meth at the stop light, domestic violence, road rage, sexual assault, public sex in a downtown bar, shootings, stabbings — and yet, Hidalgo County, AKA, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA, is still rated one of the safest places in the country. Go figure.
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