FEATURED: Rep. Sergio Muñoz, Jr., D-Mission, participates in an announcement on Thursday, January 23, 2020, providing details on a donation of more than $100,000 from AT&T for a pilot program to help low-income students at South Texas College to become first-responders through STC’s Regional Center for Public Excellence, located at 3100 S. Cage Boulevard in Pharr.

Photograph By PETER SALINAS

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FEATURED: Hidalgo County Court-at-Law No. 5 Judge Arnoldo Cantú, Jr., shown here in this image taken on Monday, February 19, 2018, and former Hidalgo County 464th District Court Judge Ysmael Fonseca, submitted testimony on Thursday, March 25, 2021, before the House Committee on Higher Education in support of House Bill 695 by Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez, D-Weslaco, which proposes the creation of the Rio Grande Valley School of Law.

Photograph Courtesy JUDGE ARNOLDO CANTU FACEBOOK

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FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg; Fern McClaugherty of Edinburg, representing the government watchdog group known as O.W.L.S. (Objective Watchers of the Legal System); Rep. R.D. “Bobby” Guerra, D-McAllen; and Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa. They were participating in a news conference on Monday, January 27, 2020, at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance to educate the public about Canales’ House Bill 2840, approved by the Texas Legislature in May 2019. House Bill 284019 increased the public’s right to address leaders of most governments regarding any item scheduled on the agenda for discussion and possible action.  https://edinburgpolitics.com/2019/06/12/governor-signs-bill-by-rep-canales-that-gives-texans-powerful-new-rights-during-public-comment-portions-of-open-meetings-affecting-scores-of-local-governments/#more-3943

Photograph By CURTIS SMITH

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FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez, D-Weslaco; Cynthia Garza Reyes, Director of External Relations, City of Pharr; and Michael A. Vargas, Public Affairs Liaison, City of Pharr. The House District 39 state representative met with the Pharr city officials in his office at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

Photograph Courtesy REP. MARTÍNEZ FACEBOOK

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FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Pamela Bruce, Patient Navigator, DHR Health; Evelyn Sáenz, Renaissance Cancer Foundation; Cynthia Corpos, Patient Navigator, DHR Health; ElizabetRamírez, Practice Administrator, DHR Health; Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina; April Chapa, Community Outreach Coordinator, DHR Health; Raúl Garza, four-year colon cancer survivor; Dee Dee Salinas, Patient Navigator, DHR Health; Edinburg City Councilmember Johnny García; and Mario Lizcano, Administrator of Corporate Affairs, DHR Health. The city council on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, presented a proclamation recognizing March 2021 as “Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month” in Edinburg.

Photograph Courtesy DHR HEALTH

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Larry Charles Wingert

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FEATURED: Jennifer Saenz, then-Deputy Chief of Staff and General Counsel for Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Hinojosa pose on the floor of the Texas Senate Chamber with one of his many landmark legislative proposals during the 85th Texas Legislature. Saenz, who has extensive experience in the Texas Senate, Texas House of Representatives, and in the private sector, recently established her office in McAllen as part of the the Phenix Saenz government affairs firm, which is also is located in Austin.  

Photograph By SENATE MEDIA

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FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Julián Álvarez III, Commissioner Representing Labor, Texas Workforce Commission; Arcelia “Shelly” Sánchez, Deputy Director, Workforce Solutions Strategy and Engagement; Sonia Falcón, Chair, Board of Directors, Texas Workforce Solutions; Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen; and Dr. Shirley Reed, President, South Texas College, on Thursday, August 1, 2019. The South Texas College Board of Trustees has announced a 19-member search committee to find a successor to Reed, the founding president of the two-county community college system, who retired in January 2021.

Photograph Courtesy SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE

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FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, Chair, House Committee on Transportation, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, met with Dr. Luis Navarro, Therapeutic Optometrist, Optometric Glaucoma Specialist, and owner, Edinburg Vision Center, to review issues facing that profession and their patients. The two men met at Canales’ law office in Edinburg.

Photograph By ALMA URIBE

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FEATURED: Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, whose Senate District 21 includes Starr County, on Saturday, November 7, 2020, signs a Senate resolution on behalf of Central Texas Families for Safe Streets (CTFSS), which serves as a resource for individuals and families who have been affected through loss and suffering from traffic violence involving a motor vehicle. CTFSS’s mission is to promote alternative and safe transportation options through policy and legislation, advocacy, community outreach, and empowerment.

Photograph Courtesy SEN. ZAFFIRINI FACEBOOK

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