McALLEN, June 20 - State Rep. Kino Flores has urged Rio Grande Valley residents to make their voices heard on the issue of property taxes at a public hearing in McAllen next week.

EDINBURG, June 16 - Securing an auto assembly plant in the greater McAllen area is just one of the goals the North American Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education Initiative has set itself.

EDINBURG, June 16 - The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center at the University of Texas-Pan American has been awarded a $60,000 grant for its asset mapping project.

McALLEN, June 12 - Scripps BC Development Company has named Ernesto Loya-Fano as the new publisher of The Business Times of the Rio Grande Valley and The Business Journal of Corpus Christi.

June 19 - For this column I would like to emphasize the importance of community involvement in the political process. Specifically, we will look at the business community's involvement in the political process.