AUSTIN, June 4 - Rep. Solomon Ortiz, Jr., D-Corpus Christi, announced Wednesday that two retail electric providers (REPs), National Power and Pre-Buy Electric, have gone out of business and transferred about 15,000 of their customers to electric providers of last resort.

AUSTIN, June 4 – Speaker Tom Craddick announced on Wednesday the appointment of Rep. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, to the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Local Government Ways & Means Committee.

MCALLEN, June 3 - Ford Sasser, President of Rio Bank, headquartered in McAllen, Texas, announced the appointment of Elva Alvarez to Rio Investment Professionals on Tuesday.

McALLEN, June 2 - Carlos J. Cardenas, MD, of McAllen has been re-elected to serve on the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Board of Trustees.

AUSTIN, May 28 - Gov. Rick Perry reappointed Patrick R. Gordon of El Paso to the Rio Grande Compact Commission for a term to expire June 9, 2013.

AUSTIN, May 21 - State Rep. Juan Escobar, D-Kingsville, gave the opening remarks at the 2nd Annual Global Security Conference in Austin.

McALLEN, May 21 - Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine ranks South Texas College (STC) third in the nation in the enrollment of Hispanic students among all U.S. colleges.

WASHINGTON, May 20 - U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, announced Tuesday a $75,000 grant for the McAllen Miller International Airport.

LAREDO, May 20 - Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples will host a press conference to celebrate the first export of Texas breeding cattle to Mexico since 2003.

May 19 - The Texas Border Coalition Health Committee is to hold a meeting in Edinburg to plan its legislative agenda. The public is invited.

SAN BENITO, May 17 - Since 1949, May has been officially recognized and nationally celebrated as Mental Health Month and Mental Health America is challenging everyone this month to make five positive and life fulfilling connections.

AUSTIN, May 17 - State Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Hidalgo County officials have contacted the state's emergency management agencies, seeking a disaster declaration for Alton from Gov. Rick Perry.