
Sen. Hinojosa serves as key author of Senate Bill 9 for teacher pay raises, vows to seek up to $10,000 across-the-board pay increase for all educators
The Texas Senate on Thursday, April 6, 2023 approved Senate Bill 9, which would grant a $2,000 across-the-board pay raise for all Texas teachers – and an additional $4,000 for teachers in small and rural district – because teacher compensation lags behind that in other states.

House Resolution 155 honoring Texas LGBTQ+ Chambers of Commerce Advocacy Day opposed by 54 Republicans, including Rep. Ryan Guillén, R-Rio Grande City, and Rep. Janie López, R-San Benito
A congratulatory resolution by Rep. Mary González, D-El Paso, which commended the LGBTQ+ Chambers of Commerce from across Texas for their first advocacy day at the Texas Capitol on Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2023), was recently approved in the 150-member Texas House of Representatives, but with 54 Republicans voting against the measure.

“You have to love what you do. I think that’s the key to being successful”– UTRGV’S Dr. Dahlia Guerra draws strength, inspiration from family and peers, Hispanic culture, and mariachi music
When Dr. Dahlia Guerra, Assistant Vice President for Public Art & Special Projects, sets her mind to something, she doesn’t let much get in her way.
For almost 40 years, Guerra has worked at UTRGV and legacy institution UT Pan American, becoming a key figure in public arts, including the award-winning UTRGV Mariachi Ensemble Program and as founder of the annual literacy and arts program, FESTIBA.

UTRGV and HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division announce eventual creation of up to 150 physician residencies at Brownsville, McAllen hospital
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division on Monday, March 27, 2023, announced an agreement to bring 30resident physicians to Brownsville and McAllen by summer 2024, with plans to seat 150 total resident physician positions by 2029.

DHR Health proposes to state lawmakers a “Research Facility on Hispanic Health” – to be built in the Rio Grande Valley – that would improve healthcare for Texas’ largest population group and generate a stronger Texas economy
DHR Health leaders have proposed to state lawmakers the creation of a state-of-the-art medical research facility in the Rio Grande Valley that would dramatically help come up with new and better healthcare for Hispanics throughout Texas.

Janiece Longoria, a daughter of former Sen. Raúl Longoria, D-Pharr, reappointed by Gov. Abbott to the University of Texas System Board of Regents
Janiece Longoria of Houston, who has deep roots in the Rio Grande Valley, on Thursday, March 16, 2023 was reappointed by Gov. Greg Abbot to the University of Texas System Board of Regents.