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Last Updated: Friday, July 04, 2008 14:22
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Maldonado's comments about state convention draw criticism

PHARR, July 4 - Comments made by former Hidalgo County Democratic Party Chairman Juan Maldonado in a recent column about the State Party Convention have drawn fierce criticism from local party activists, most of them women.

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South Texas leaders pay tribute to retiring TSTC president

HARLINGEN, July 4 - South Texas leaders from the world of politics, business and education have paid tribute to J. Gilbert Leal, the long-serving president of Texas State Technical College in Harlingen who announced his retirement Thursday.

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Veterans say Kaub case proves again why a VA hospital is needed in Valley

LA FERIA, July 3 - Rio Grande Valley veterans want members of Congress to hear the horrendous story of William Kaub, a Navy veteran from La Feria, in the hope of building support for a VA hospital in the region.

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TSTC Harlingen president Gilbert Leal to retire

HARLINGEN, July 3 - A legend in the world of higher education in South Texas has announced his retirement.

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Perry: Nowhere more fitting than Texas to process denim

EDINBURG, July 2 - At a news conference to announce a major economic development for the Rio Grande Valley, a buoyant Gov. Rick Perry quipped that there was nowhere more appropriate for denim to be produced than Texas.

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Who is Santana Textiles?

EDINBURG, July 2 - Here are some key points about Santana Textiles and the manufacturing plant the company plans to build in Edinburg:

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RMA selects 'technically preferred route' for Hidalgo County Loop

WESLACO, July 2 - The Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority met at the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council offices on Tuesday evening to select a “technically preferred route” for the $600 million County Loop project.

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Brazilian denim manufacturer to open $180 million plant in Edinburg, creating 800 jobs

EDINBURG, July 2 - It was a dream of Raimundo Delfino, the owner of Santana, the Brazilian textile giant, to have a manufacturing plant in the United States and today the dream is a little closer.

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Hanen: UTB and DHS must keep talking

BROWNSVILLE, June 30 - Negotiations with university officials must continue before the Department of Homeland Security can start building a border fence on the campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville, KVEO-TV’s Ron Whitlock reports.

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Hidalgo County will advertise statewide for a new elections administrator

EDINBURG, June 30 - Hidalgo County will advertise statewide to find a successor to Teresa Navarro as Hidalgo County Elections Administrator.

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Summers: ICE agents are mean to U.S. citizens

WESLACO, Rio Grande Valley Partnership President and CEO Bill Summers says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are becoming more and more mean to American citizens crossing back into the U.S. from Mexico.

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Border physicians: Cornyn is Big Bad John

McALLEN, June 30 - In a much talked about campaign video launched at the recent Republican Party of Texas Convention in Houston, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is referred to as "Big Bad John."

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Garcia: Where are all our Cameron County heroes?

BROWNSVILLE, June 28 - A Brownsville community activist says political leaders in her city and in Cameron County are forgoing their chance to make history as champions in the fight against the border wall.

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Ahumada urges border wall opponents to attend Tuesday night's city meeting

BROWNSVILLE, June 28 - Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada has made an urgent plea for city residents opposed to the border wall to attend Tuesday’s City Commission meeting.

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Summers: TxDOT chief coming to Valley to reassure Hwy 281 supporters

WESLACO, June 27 - A top state transportation official is to visit the Rio Grande Valley next month to assure Hidalgo County leaders that U.S. Hwy 281 will not be lost in the shuffle as U.S. Hwy 77 gets upgraded to interstate standard.

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Regional forum about border wall plan takes place in Weslaco tonight

WESLACO, June 26 - A regional forum in opposition to the border wall organized by environmentalists and community leaders is to be held at South Texas College in Weslaco today (Thursday).

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52 jobs axed at Texas State Bank in Edinburg

EDINBURG, June 25 - More than 50 jobs are likely to be lost at Texas State Bank’s Edinburg Regional Operations Center over the next couple of months, according to a top banker with Compass Bank.

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Guillen to chair panel looking into health care in South Texas

AUSTIN, June 25 - State Rep. Ryan Guillen has been appointed chair of a Select Appropriations Subcommittee looking into the state of health care in South Texas.

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Dewhurst: It's too early to say if margins tax needs tweaking

AUSTIN, June 25 - Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says it is still too early to discuss what changes, if any, should be made to the business margins tax.

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TxDOT set to announce I-69 master plan development team

WESLACO, June 25 - The team that has been selected to create a master development plan for the I-69/Trans Texas Corridor project will be announced Thursday, says the Texas Department of Transportation.

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Flores: Property tax system is broken

McALLEN, June 25 - State Rep. Kino Flores, D-Palmview, says the current property tax system in Texas is broken and unfair for residential and commercial taxpayers.

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Rodríguez: El Paso lawsuit against DHS continues

BROWNSVILLE, June 24 - El Paso County Attorney José Rodríguez says a border wall lawsuit generated in El Paso and now involving South Texas conservation groups will not be immediately affected by an unfavorable decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in a similar case.

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