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Rep. Canales appointed by Speaker Bonnen to high-profile House-Senate committee aimed at restraining increases in local property taxes
Featured, from left: Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, Chair, House Committee on Transportation, in March 2019 reenacting for this portrait receiving his Chairman’s gavel from Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton. Photograph By HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHY ••••••
Two finalists for position of Executive Director, Edinburg Economic Development Corporation, to receive second interviews by Board of Directors beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31
Edinburg one of only two Valley cities with unemployment rate lower than five percent in December 2017 as number of local jobs that month reached 37,232, reports Edinburg EDC
Edinburg EDC offices, effective on Monday, January 29, 2018, will be housed in Edinburg City Hall in order to generate new non-tax revenue for its jobs-creation mission, announce Mayor Molina and EEDC Board of Directors President Enríquez
Interviews for vacant Executive Director position among 21 scheduled items during Edinburg EDC Board of Directors’ meeting beginning at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Edinburg City Hall
With uncertainties still surrounding proposed $150 million courthouse, Rep. Canales submits questions from citizens to County Judge García
Edinburg EDC helping organize résumé and interview workshops, followed by job fair – all free to residents – from January 23 – 25, 2018, respectively, at Dustin Sekula Memorial Library
Edinburg’s retail economy for November 2017 registered an 8.49 percent improvement – one of the Valley’s best figures – over November 2016
Texas Public Safety Commission “picking youth over experience” in budget-cutting move that will fire 117 veteran DPS troopers, says Rep. Canales
Edinburg approached 37,000 jobs in November 2017 as unemployment rate remains low, calculated at 4.8 percent, reports Edinburg EDC
City has generated more than a quarter-billion dollars in total construction work from January through October 2017, reports Edinburg EDC
Edinburg EDC: City retail economy produced $20.9+ million in local sales taxes during annual period of November 2016 through October 2017
