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Former county commissioner set for sentencing Wednesday

Wed, 01/18/2023 - 8:26am

Getting close to 70, approximately two years shy, former Hidalgo County Commissioner A. C. Cuellar Jr. has to be feeling anxious, worried, stressed, as he heads to federal court this Wednesday afternoon to learn his fate after being convicted last October of more than 50 felony counts related to bribery of public officials, stretching back, prosecutors said, to 2008 and the city of Weslaco’s construction plans to rebuild its water-treatment facilities.

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Sen. Hinojosa, Sen. LaMantia draw two-year terms instead of usual four-year as result of requirement by Texas Constitution

Wed, 01/18/2023 - 12:00am

term or a four-year term.

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The airman’s love of the cockpit

Wed, 01/18/2023 - 12:00am

Early barnstormers

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DOT employee admits to extortion

Wed, 01/18/2023 - 12:00am

Special to the Advance HOUSTON — A 54-yearold Lyford man had entered a guilty plea to extortion under color of law, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

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Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributes $1.1B in monthly sales tax revenue to cities

Wed, 01/18/2023 - 12:00am

Special to the Advance AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.07 billion in local sales tax allocations for January, 7.6 percent more than in January 2022.