IDEA Public Schools is proud to announce that 15 schools from the Rio Grande Valley have been named to the 2019 – 2020 Educational Results Partnership (ERP) Honor Roll

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the Biden administration's 100-day moratorium on deportations of some undocumented immigrants.

EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents disrupted four smuggling events within twenty-four hours. Yesterday, Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) agents received information of a possible stash house located in Edinburg, Texas.

Hidalgo County will begin distributing second doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents beginning Tuesday, January 26, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said.

Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Steve Ables as Presiding Judge of the Sixth Administrative Judicial Region for a term set to expire four years from the date of qualification.

The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees named Dr. Mario H. Salinas as the sole finalist for the superintendent position during a Special Called Board Meeting on Monday

Today, Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, Vice Chair of the Senate Special Committee on Redistricting (Committee) participated in the first regional hearing held by the Committee this legislative session.

Attorney General Ken Paxton today commended the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas for granting a nationwide temporary restraining order

Hidalgo County uses the case status definition provided by the Texas Department of State Health Service’s 2020 Epi Case Criteria Guide revised November 2020. 1. Confirmed: A person who has tested positive through a molecular or PCR (oral or nasal swabs) test that looks for the presence of the virus’s genetic material. 2. Probable: A person who meets presumptive laboratory evidence through detection of COVID-19 by antigen test in a respiratory specimen. 3. Suspect: A person who meets supported laboratory evidence through detection of specific antibodies in serum, plasma, whole body, and no prior history of being confirmed or probable case.

The City of McAllen’s Bicentennial Boulevard extension construction is still ongoing and a troubling trend is emerging that is cause for concern: McAllen residents are running and biking along the constructed road extension as contractors are working in the area. This is especially worrying to contractors who are operating heavy equipment and vehicles along the road. This is creating a potentially dangerous situation for anyone on-site other than authorized personnel.