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Pharr, TX- The Food Bank RGV is proud to announce Onin Staffing as a Valley Lemon sponsor for the Empty Bowls 2021 Luncheon and Silent Auction. This sponsorship will enable the Food Bank RGV to provide up 12,500 complete and nutritious meals for families and individuals in the Rio Grande Valley. 

The declaration focuses on the increased numbers of migrants legally in this country after having applied for asylum.  It sets in motion a legal claim for reimbursement from the federal government.

RIO GRANDE CITY, TX – Never before in the economic history of the United States has the community college been better poised to create the skills provided for the next generation of jobs in the nation, according to South Texas College President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis.  

After the regular legislative session ended in May, Abbott vetoed a section of the state budget that funds the Legislature, including salaries and benefits of 2,100 employees, as punishment for a walkout House Democrats orchestrated to prevent passage of a controversial election bill.

On Thursday, August 12, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas will be in South Texas to receive operational updates and engage with the DHS frontline workforce.  While in South Texas, Secretary Mayorkas will meet with local officials and community leaders.  Additional details will be announced in the coming days.

Please be advised that there will be a street closure to allow for McAllen Public Works to do maintenance repair work caused by a sink hole.   

The Biden administration has begun flying Central American families expelled from the United States deep into Mexico as authorities encounter more families and unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border, a American official said Friday.

Dr. Antonio Falcon, a highly regarded physician in the border town of Rio Grande City, Texas told Fox News that his practice has seen a significant "uptick in cases in the last couple of weeks."

The Texas House still lacked enough members present to proceed with anythingafter Democrats left the state last month to block a controversial GOP-backed voting restrictions bill.

A special session at the Texas Legislature ended Friday without any legislation making it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk for a signature, and with House Democrats still camped out in the nation’s capital hinting that many may not return to Austin immediately as the next overtime round starts Saturday.