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Rep. Canales makes Texas history again with reappointment as Chair of House Committee on Transportation by Speaker of the House Phelan
By being selected as Chair, House Committee on Transportation, Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, on Thursday, February 4, 2021, made history again by becoming the first Hispanic state lawmaker to lead that influential group of 12 fellow state representatives.
Importance of UTRGV, including $42 million in state funding for its School of Medicine, is featured in the proposed state legislative agenda set for a vote on Tuesday by the Edinburg City Council
Edinburg City Manager to recommend priorities for 87th Texas Legislature during City Council workshop at noon Thursday at Edinburg City Hall
Mario Lizcano, Administrator of Corporate Affairs, DHR Health, who can “walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch…”, named Man of the Year 2020 by the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce
“Topics for the 87th Legislature” provides an easy-to-understand, trustworthy guide of hottest issues facing Texans in 2021, says attorney Omar Ochoa
DHR Health’s Carlos Cárdenas, MD praises the roles of print and broadcast news journalists in 2020: “We couldn’t do public health without you.”
Proposed Rio Grande Valley School of Law, supported in 2019 by likely Speaker of the House Phelan, reintroduced by Rep. Armando Martínez for action during 2021, says attorney Omar Ochoa
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley partners with South Texas College to create undergraduate education degrees in early childhood studies
Edinburg City Council unanimously nominates DHR Health for state tax incentives possible for the hospital system’s planned $76.8 million expansion
DHR Health: Texans’ in-person access to the Texas Capitol and to the Texas Legislature will be very different in 2021, say Reps. Guerra, Canales
University of Texas at Austin reports that more than 25 percent of its students, for the first time, are Latino, announces attorney Omar Ochoa
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering for UT Rio Grande Valley approved November 19 by UT System Board of Regents, announces Rep. Canales
