Attorney General Ken Paxton joined Louisiana’s friend-of-the-court brief which was filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of Mississippi as it seeks en banc review of a law prohibiting non-emergency abortions past the 15th week of pregnancy.

Robert E. McKnight, Jr. is a life-long rancher from Fort Davis, Texas. He currently serves as president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, a 142-year-old association that serves cattle producers across Texas, Oklahoma and beyond.

Assistant City Manager Ed Wylie was appointed as Interim City Manager by the Pharr City Commission. The Commission is currently launching a search to fill the City Manager position.

The Weslaco Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that this year marks the fifteenth year of Leadership Mid Valley. A program of the Weslaco Area Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Mid Valley is an eight-month program that seeks to identify and motivate emerging leaders and develop their potential for community leadership by exposing them to the realities, opportunities, and issues our community may face.

The Leadership Mid Valley class held its government session for the month of December. Class participants were given the chance to meet with several government officials and entities at the city, county and state levels.

The U.S. Census Bureau is ramping up it's national recruiting efforts to hire up to 500,000 temporary, part-time census takers for the 2020 Census in communities across the country to reach its goal of more than 2 million applicants.

Students from Raul Yzaguirre Middle School's Knitting Club in the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo School District, visited with residents from the San Juan Nursing Home prior to the holidays to donate dozens of scarves.

Internationally renowned children’s book author and illustrator Rosemary Wells, the creator of the ever-popular Max & Ruby children's show and books, will present at the McAllen Public Library on January 10, 2020, to more than 600 school children from throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

Mayor’s Wellness Council, the health and wellbeing council formed by the City of McAllen as part of its ongoing efforts to change the perception and image of McAllen as an obese and unhealthy community, has officially launched its website, www.livewellmcallen.com, as a one-stop shop resource for health and wellness information.

Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) gave the following remarks in advance of the Senate Finance Committee’s passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act.