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“Fellow citizens, I’d like to take this opportunity to talk to you about the State’s decision to arrest my wife and I on allegations of voter fraud. We respectfully deny any criminal wrongdoing and look forward to defending ourselves in the proper venue

The City of McAllen Parks & Recreation Department is already working on this year’s McAllen Independence Day Celebration presented by H-E-B. The annual Independence Day Celebration will take place on Thursday, July 4, 2019

Today, the City of Edinburg named the city’s police training facility after LCPL Derek Hernandez.

The Edinburg Economic Development Corporation began the year with strong economic growth and financial gains, and all numbers indicate a continued positive upward trend as demonstrated by data from state and local agencies.

Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez held a Purple Heart County sign installation ceremony at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 25 in the Commissioners Courtroom in honor of all county veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart.

The City of McAllen will host participants of the U.S. Department of State’s Towards a More Safe and Secure World Initiative from April 24-26,2019, as part of a three-week International Visitor Leadership Program.

Today, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 129 authored by Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa. This bill would give property tax relief in the form of an exemption to the surviving spouse of an officer or a special agent who was killed while in the line of duty

Today, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa as one of only five Senate appointees to the Conference Committee on Senate Bill 500, the state's supplemental appropriations bill for the 2018-19 biennium.

To get a compressed look at potential changes in rainfall over the next few decades, Dr. Christopher Gabler, professor of Environmental Sciences at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, has built a series of structures along the Gulf Coast in Texas that, by altering the environment in small areas, will test physical reactions to changes in rainfall. Essentially, the structures will allow Gabler to fast forward.

Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush spoke at Educational Service District Region One’s Financial Literacy Conference to students learning about the importance of the value of a dollar and how finance works.