If you saw the news emanating out of Eagle Pass last weekend, the small border city, population 28,000, was screaming for help — we need more health and human services — because more than 6,000 would-be asylum seekers had entered the city after Border Patrol let them cross the river. The razor wire risked cutting kids, and besides, the temp was above 100 degrees.
The Advance News Journal filed a public information request with the City of Pharr (PD) Monday, asking for the body-cam recordings and any and all reports related to the arrest last Saturday at approximately 10:30 p.m. of this city’s former police chief and city manager, Andy Harvey, who also ran for mayor this past May.
On Sept. 19, the City of Edinburg gave the green light to a multimillion-dollar budget that will pave the way for tax cuts and continuing capital projects. The Edinburg City Council officially adopted the Annual Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers the oil and gas industry, federal workplace regulators and state policy makers a starting point to better understand the fatal risks that come with extraction.
The PSJA ISD Forensic Audit has arrived. What’s in it, what did it find out about the way the previous superintendent, Jorge Arredondo, and his Houston-heavy administration spent money? We shall see.
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