For pilots, high on the list of pleasurable activities, there’s nothing like sitting in a plane’s cockpit. The switches, the levers, the buttons, the radios, the breakers, the gauges, the instruments, the smell, the whole environment is one of life’s great pleasures for anyone in love with aviation. The experience soon becomes a love affair.
On Tuesday, the McAllen City Commission will hear from McAllen City Management on the proposed $630 million budget for the City of McAllen for the upcoming fiscal year, 2022-2023. Highlights of the budget include a multitude of infrastructure projects, totaling more than $278 million; investment for the expansion of the Anzalduas Port of Entry cargo facilities; recommendations for fire and police protection; sustaining the current municipal workforce; and the proposed lower tax rate for McAllen taxpayers. The budget workshop is set for today at 4:00 p.m. at Champion Lakes Golf Course, 2701 S. Ware Rd. Today’s workshop is the first of six budget workshops that will be held before the public hearings in September, when the public is invited to make comments on the final proposed budget.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved the Assault Weapons Ban on Friday, a bill that would impose the first ban in decades on semi-automatic weapons. It follows mass shootings in Uvalde and across the country, and members of the Texas delegation voted mostly along party lines.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is teaming up with the RGV Partnership Foundation to conduct free digital literacy trainings for regional businesses, starting in mid-August 2022. Digital literacy refers to
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