This month, I was pleased to announce that the Port of Brownsville received $14,504,850 from the U.S. Department of Transportation through a Port Infrastructure Development Grant.

GreatSchools.org, the nation’s leading nonprofit empowering parents to unlock educational opportunities for their children, announced the recipients of its 2020 College Success Award.

Today, El Paso continues to break records for new infections and hospitalizations. The El Paso City/County Health Authority reported 1,443 new COVID-19 cases, and 853 patients hospitalized (a nearly 40 percent hospitalization rate).

Border Patrol agents locate several unaccompanied children including a 7 month old traveling with his teen brother.

In response to a surge of COVID-19 cases in El Paso, today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called Assistant Secretary of Defense Kenneth Rapuano to request he open the William Beaumont Army Medical Center

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Debra Medellin, and Bonnie Notargiacomo to the State Independent Living Council for terms set to expire on October 24, 2023.

Financial aid officers from the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District are encouraging high school seniors to fill out their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form early this year.

Governor Greg Abbott today delivered remarks at the future site of Amazon's 700,000 square-foot robotics fulfillment center in Waco. Announced today, the fulfillment center is the largest capital investment in the City of Waco and is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs.

At an emergency meeting held earlier today, the members of the Palmview City Council unanimously approved an emergency COVID-19 order prohibiting all door-to-door activities out of an abundance of caution due to the alarming rise in the number of positive cases of COVID-19.

Hidalgo County will hold a Webcast Surplus Auction by AMT Auctions at the Palmer Pavilion located at 301 E Hackberry in McAllen on Friday, October 30.