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Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributes nearly $891 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local governments

Wed, 11/18/2020 - 12:00am

AUSTIN - Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $890.5 million in local sales tax allocations for November, 4.8 percent more than in November 2019. These allocations are based on sales made in September by businesses that report tax monthly, and on sales made in July, August and September by quarterly filers.

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Triple play by CBP officers results in seizures of over $1.25M in narcotics

Wed, 11/18/2020 - 12:00am

PROGRESO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Progreso Port of Entry seized narcotics valued at over a million dollars in three separate, unrelated enforcement actions at the Progreso Port of Entry.

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PSJA Trustees Sworn in and Elect New Board Officers

Wed, 11/18/2020 - 12:00am

PHARR - The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD Board of Trustees hosted the swearing-in ceremony of recently re-elected board members Jesus “Jesse” Vela, Jesse Zambrano and Jorge Zambrano, and new board member Cynthia Gutierrez, as part of a special called school board meeting held at PSJA Southwest Early College HS Auditorium Wednesday, Nov. 11.

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City of Edinburg Welcomes Director of Communications and Media

Wed, 11/18/2020 - 12:00am

The City of Edinburg is pleased to announce Ashly Custer will join our team as Director of Communications and Media. Her first day will be Monday, November 16.

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Nursing Homes see major spike in new COVID cases

Wed, 11/18/2020 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year, released a report today showing new COVID cases are increasing in nursing homes in the U.S. due to the community spread among the general population. Recent data released by