State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, announced Thursday that he is not seeking reelection after three decades in the upper chamber.

NOTE: This is only for IDEA students ages 5 and up. Image for illustration purposes.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas – Dr. David Bowles can relate. An associate professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at UTRGV, his latest book, My Two Border Towns, reminisces about life on the border through the eyes of an empathetic child.

HARLINGEN, Texas - Tre Gallegos’ passion for construction landed him in a successful career as a project manager with a San Antonio-based roofing company.

The International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) participated in the “National Youth Summit on Gender Equity,” an online outreach program organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in partnership with Smithsonian Affiliations, from September 21 through October 12. Designed for middle and high school students across the country, this year’s topic allowed youth to examine gender equity and efforts to fight against gender bias.

PHARR, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) Officers, Agriculture Specialists, at Pharr International Bridge detained a shipment of tomatoes from a company cited in a recent Withhold Release Order (WRO) for forced labor which used import information from a company outside the scope of the Order.

McAllen, Texas – McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrested multiple migrant gang members and criminal migrants with serious criminal histories, to include foreign and domestic homicide charges.

A pop-up installation featuring more than 3,200 handwritten toe tags representing immigrants who have lost their lives crossing the Sonoran Desert of Arizona currently is on display at UTRGV.

The opportunities for collaboration between Nuevo Leon and McAllen are endless, and I am very motivated about the lively future of our binational region.

Austin, TX- Last week, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan appointed Representative Sergio Muñoz, Jr. to the Windstorm Insurance Legislative Funding and Funding Structure Oversight Board.