South Texas attorney Omar Ochoa says that local lawmakers’ Capitol staff members are valuable resources for constituents to learn how to participate in the legislative process.

The Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium in Edinburg, formerly the privately-owned, soccer-specific H-E-B Park – a sports and entertainment complex located at 616 South Raúl Longoria Road – is awaiting consideration and final approval for $55 million in improvements

Journalists, elected and appointed public officials, and the general public in the Rio Grande Valley will have the opportunity to hear expert presentations on the Texas Public Information Act and the Texas Open Meetings Act during the Open Government Seminar, hosted by Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortéz, to be held in Edinburg on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, reports South Texas attorney Omar Ochoa

In an effort to address the growing need for mental health professionals in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas Sen. Morgan LaMantia on Thursday, August 1, 2024, announced that The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Stars Scholarship Fund and the LaMantia family are joining forces to increase the number of Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) serving the region.

Transparency in local and state governments has been improved thanks to legislation in 2023 by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, which made clear the 10-business day deadline for government officials to release public records requested by citizens, or require that those bureaucrats and politicians justify to the Office of the Texas Attorney General why they cannot do so, according to South Texas attorney Omar Ochoa.

Two University of Texas Rio Grande Valley seniors – Matthew Rodríguez from Pharr and Anthony Hernández from Edinburg – spent their final undergraduate semester during 2024 in Washington, D.C., as part of the Archer Fellowship Program, interning for the Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, D-Brooklyn, New York.

ECMO – the acronym for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program – represents yet another major milestone in the mission and vision by DHR Health to create a world-class health system for deep South Texas.

Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp, and Dr. Kelly M. Miller, President and CEO, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and other state, regional and university leaders gathered on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, with gold shovels in hand to break ground on Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s new $81 million 85,000-square-foot Arts and Media Building 

Dr. Fred Farías III of McAllen, Chairman, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and President and CEO of 20/20 Vision Care, has been awarded the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley President Medal of Honor, a prestigious distinction only five others have received before him. 

Edinburg could see more advancements in construction, sports and medicine when the UT System Board of Regents meets in Austin on Wednesday, May 8 and Thursday, May 9, 2024, to consider approving for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley a $135.5 million Student Housing and Dining project, $9 million in renovations of the recently-acquired Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium, and seeking state approval for an optometry program, reports Dr. Luis “Louie” G. Alamia, PT, DPT.