As an attempt to show their displeasure over Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s border policy that went into effect April 6, which included safety inspections of all commercial trucks heading into the U.S. at major points of entry along the Texas border, some Mexican truckers, owners/ operators, decided to form a bridge blockade last week as a sign of protest.
Mexican truckers, owners/operators, can put up with a lot. Cartel shakedowns, stolen trucks, a lot of hours behind the wheel, higher gas prices, mountains of paperwork. The one thing they can’t put up with, however, as evidenced by the shutdown of the Pharr/Reynosa International Bridge Monday and Tuesday, is passing through U.S. Customs and then having to immediately deal with Texas DPS’s new inspection policy made pub-lic last week.
McAllen continues to earn national accolades; this time, for being a great city for remote working environment. The home-search website, Ownerly.com recently analyzed 445 cities across the nation, looking at rent and housing prices, cost of living, safety data, level of broadband and free Wi- Fi coverage. This year also added new metrics that included cost and availability of childcare, restaurants and coworking spaces, leaning on city-level data rather than metro-level data, wherever possible. For 2022, McAllen was ranked as number three in the nation – and number one amongst cities between 100,00 – 240,000 – on the list of Best Zoom Town Cities.
Three employees of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo have been indicted by a grand jury on charges related to how they helped award a contract for COVID-19 vaccine outreach last year.
McALLEN — The City of McAllen and nonprofit small business lender LiftFund are aiming to help small business owners seeking to grow or begin a new business by offering interest-free funding.
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