TBB Staff

Mission, TX - When property owners in Mission Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) receive their tax bills this fall, they will see a reduction in the tax rate for the fourth year in a row. The Board of Trustees adopted a property tax rate that is 6 cents lower than the previous year.

Mission, Texas- Mission Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) has announced the start of the Mission CISD Virtual Learning Academy, which will offer qualifying students an opportunity to continue their instruction at home.

AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott today presented the 2021 Star Of Texas Awards to peace officers, firefighters, and first responders who demonstrated heroism and sacrifice in service to their communities and the Lone Star State. The Governor was joined for the ceremony in Austin by Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott.

BROWNSVILLE, TX – Brownsville Border Patrol Station (BRP) agents assisted a motorist from her smoking vehicle shortly before it was engulfed in fire.

EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents with the assistance of local law enforcement officers encountered an unaccompanied Salvadoran child in Brownsville, Texas. They also arrested 34 individuals in multiple unrelated smuggling incidents.

EDINBURG, TX — The Museum of South Texas History welcomes Martin Salinas for his bilingual presentation, “La etnohistoria de la población nativa del delta del Río Bravo o Grande,” at 2 p.m. on Sept. 19 on Facebook Live.

MCALLEN, TX – No one likes going to the emergency room. Yet, when STC instructor Abigail Rodriguez rushed her husband to the ER, a familiar face made the ordeal easier to bear.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $700,000 grant to the city of Brownsville, Texas, to renovate a former warehouse to create the Cannery Public Market, a multi-purpose community building in the Mitte Cultural District. This EDA grant will be matched with $1.1 million in local investment.

August job gains for the US were disappointing, with an increase in total nonfarm payroll employment of 235,000 and the unemployment rate down 0.2 percentage point to 5.2%. An increase of this magnitude isn’t bad by historical standards and is, in fact, somewhat above the average during the 11 years of expansion prior to the pandemic. However, it’s not the strong economic recovery from the COVID downturn we would like to see, and it’s a far smaller increase than those observed in recent months.

Laredo, Texas – City of Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz and members of the Council presented special awards and recognitions to local citizens and groups on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, for their distinguished achievements. Likewise, Mayor Saenz, members of the Council, and City Management addressed the family and friends of the recognized citizens, acknowledging their efforts to support the young athletes and first responders.