TBB Staff

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The City of Brownsville selected Victor Flores, by way of the City Commission, as City Attorney. Mr. Flores succeeds Rene de Coss, who was appointed as Presiding Judge of Brownsville’s Municipal Court back in August 2021.

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested two Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members and an 18th Street gang member.

PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo Facility intercepted $768,500 in alleged cocaine and methamphetamine in multiple incidents.

Austin - The Texas Association of Business (TAB) thanked the Texas Legislature for passing major pro-business legislation, SB 8, which appropriates the funds designated for Texas in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke to The National Review’s Jimmy Quinn about his leadership in the Senate urging President Biden to impose Congressionally mandated, bipartisan sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline—a project that if completed would threaten the national security of the United States and our allies.

AUSTIN, Texas - As the Third Called Special Session of the 87th Texas Legislature comes to an end, Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa co-authored Senate Bill 8, legislation that will provide funding for projects in the Rio Grande Valley, Senate Bill 52 which invests in our universities, and Senate Joint Resolution 2 which would provide additional property tax relief for homeowners, if approved by the voters in May 2022.

Three Americans have received this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics. One half went to David Card (University of California, Berkeley) “for his empirical contributions to labour economics,” and the other half was awarded jointly to Joshua D. Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Guido W. Imbens (Stanford University) “for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.”

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed David Hilburn as Judge of the 361st Judicial District Court in Brazos County for a term set to expire on December 31, 2022, or until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified.

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Cleve Doty as Judge of the 455th Judicial District Court in Travis County for a term set to expire on December 31, 2022, or until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified.

On Wednesday, Oct 19, 2021 The City of Edinburg recognized the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce during its city council meeting with a proclamation.