Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Jeffrey Barnard, M.D., Mark Daniel, Dennis “Pat” Johnson, Sarah Kerrigan, Ph.D., and Jarvis Parsons to the Texas Forensic Science Commission for terms set to expire on September 1, 2021.

Texas State Technical College Aircraft Airframe Technology and Aircraft Powerplant Technology alumnus Alex Herrera finds himself these days doing what he loves, but his search for the right career took years of worry and debate.

U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today commended the Senate’s confirmation of Ada Brown to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas.

Congressmen Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), and Filemon Vela (TX-34) announced Hidalgo County is eligible for federal funding to help rural communities continue their recovery from the effects of natural disasters.

The Border Texan of the Year annual banquet recognizes individuals in the Rio Grande Valley who advocate for the improvement of issues important to the area, including education, funding, transportation, business, security, and health issues, to name a few.

U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped three significant marijuana loads in the past few days.

U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped several alien smuggling attempts throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed his visits to El Paso and Odessa after last month’s shootings and urged his Senate colleagues to come together on solutions. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s floor remarks are below, and video can be found here.

The UTRGV Office of Public Art is hosting a new art exhibit at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex Lobby on the Edinburg Campus called DreamScapes, a posthumous celebration of the lives and talents of a family of area artists – Maxine McClendon, Edward Edson Nichols and Christopher Nichols.

U.S. Border Patrol agents disrupted multiple stash house operations in the Rio Grande Valley.