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Edinburg mayor delivers ‘State of the City’ address

Wed, 03/15/2023 - 12:00am

Special to the Advance EDINBURG — City of Edinburg Mayor Ramiro Garza, Jr. delivered his first “State of the City” address to a packed crowd Thursday at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance. Mayor Garza focused on his administration’s priorities surrounding economic development, infrastructure, public safety, and quality of life. The theme for the event was, “Empowering today, envisioning tomorrow.” Key highlights of his speech reflecting on 2022 include:

New county courthouse: Problems from the get-go

Wed, 03/08/2023 - 8:26am

As a follow-up to last week’s front-page story, which included an interview with Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez, there is no new news to report. As of Tuesday, a search of the district clerk’s website shows no signs of any litigation yet filed against the new courthouse’s contractor, Morganti, which was the only company to bid on the $150 million build back in 2018, which should have told us something.

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