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City of McAllen invites public to make comments at meetings

Wed, 01/20/2021 - 12:00am

The City of McAllen recently created two tutorial videos on the process for individuals to follow to be able to sign up to make public comments at McAllen City Commission meetings. The videos, one in English and one in Spanish, gives information on how to sign up in person or via Zoom, whether the comments are related to a specific agenda item or just general comments, and important deadlines to meet when submitting the appropriate request form. “It is important that in

McAllen Fire Department Video Teaches Kitchen Fire Safety

Wed, 01/20/2021 - 12:00am

Normally, every October sees the McAllen Fire Department visiting local elementary schools during National Fire Safety Week, teaching fire safety and other helpful hints, with Sparky and other fire suppression tools and vehicles. However, because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the usual visits did not take place. As the world learned to adjust to virtual everything, McAllen Fire Chief James Schultz approached the team at the Office of Communications about creating a video that would help teach an important lesson on fire safety, while possibly getting a few chuckles. The result?

Low-income Texans struggle to find new doctors as state officials boot Planned Parenthood off Medicaid

Wed, 01/20/2021 - 12:00am

lanned Parenthood employees are scrambling to help find new doctors for thousands of low-income patients after Texas officials and a court order booted the women’s health provider from Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the poor and disabled.

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