Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and top state lawmakers shifted around roughly $1 billion in federal coronavirus aid to help pay for their campaign to arrest migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, exposing gaps in a law meant to bolster the country’s response to the ongoing pandemic.
If you’ve looked to buy a home in the RGV these last two years, you know how much they have increased in value. If you’re a seller, you’re happy as long as you have an alternative residence in mind. If you’re a buyer, not so much.
As if Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula with its beautiful white powdery sand needed any more bad publicity in light of increased, sporadic, cartel-related violence that has filtered over into the tourist district, gun shots rang out last Friday, killing one and injuring six.
EDINBURG — On May 3, during a City Council meeting, the Edinburg Mayor and Council appointed Clarice Yvette Balderas as City Secretary following Executive Session. This announcement follows the recent appointment of Myra L. Ayala, who formerly held the position of City Secretary, as City Manager last month.
U.S. attorneys unsealed a two-count indictment Tuesday morning in Southern District Court (McAllen), claiming that political vote-getter (politiquero) Miguel “Mike” Angel Garza aided and abetted a bribery scheme between two city of Edinburg officials and a private vendor during a time period pre-dating the most recent election, November 2021.
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