The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, a state agency which provides oversight for a broad range of occupations, businesses, facilities and equipment, protects the health and safety of Texans and ensures they are served by qualified professionals, such as athletic trainers.

The Office of the Texas Governor on Thursday, October 26, 2023 – in an impressive showing statewide for the Rio Grande Valley – awarded Dr. Lidia Fonseca of McAllen, Christian Torres of Pharr, the Valley Association for Independent Living of McAllen, and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, top honors for their dedication on behalf of Texans with disabilities, Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced.

With 14 state constitutional amendments to face Texas voters later this autumn, Futuro RGV – a group of citizen volunteers who provide information regarding issues and concerns in deep South Texas – will be hosting “Constitutional Amendments Forum 2023” through its Facebook page on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Val LaMantia, owner and managing partner of beverage distribution company L&F Distributors based in McAllen, was recently selected by Gov. Greg Abbott for induction later this fall into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame, in recognition of her business leadership, her service to the McAllen community, and her role as a founding member of the STARS Scholarship Fund, furthering education for nearly 20,000 students in South and West Texas.

Dr. Manish Singh, MD, Chief Executive Officer, DHR Health System, knows much about the critical importance of high-quality health care for any region, especially for the Rio Grande Valley, a rapidly-growing population center with almost 1.4 million residents.

With 14 state constitutional amendments to face Texas voters later this autumn, the nonpartisan House Research Organization has published an easy-to-understand report on those measures and is available online, Rep. R.D. “Bobby” Guerra, D-McAllen, has announced.

Will newspapers survive the Digital Age, which is the current period of time when massive amounts of information, video and print images, and audio are available to people with home computers or other devices that use the Internet?

An estimated $44+ million in funding for the Vaqueros Performance Center, a new 44,442 gross square foot facility to be built north of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Baseball Stadium in Edinburg, was recently approved by the UT System Board of Regents, according to Dr. Luis “Louie” G. Alamia, PT, DPT.

Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, praised Gov. Greg Abbott for his efforts on behalf of deep South Texas as part of his introductory remarks on behalf of the governor during the first-ever Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Economic Summit in Edinburg.