FEATURED: “Focus report – Topics for the 88th Legislature” provides Texans with an easy-to-understand guide to 61 top issues, from abortion to water, facing the Texas Legislature, reports attorney Omar Ochoa. Photograph By RICHARD HERNÁNDEZ •••••• “Focus report –...

When DHR Health leaders several years ago began their historic and life-saving journey to establish the first Level One Trauma Center in South Texas, they worked closely with a world-class giant in the medical profession – Dr. Kenneth L. Mattox of Houston.

Funding authorization for the first $24 million of a projected $78 million in upgrades and new construction for sports facilities at the Edinburg campus of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is set for action by the UT System Board of Regents during its Wednesday, February 22, 2023, and Thursday, February 23, 2003 meetings in Austin, reports Dr. Luis “Louie” G. Alamia, PT, DPT.

Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 was chosen by Speaker of the House Dave Phelan, R-Beaumont, for a third two-year term as Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation.

In most cases, the figure of speech, “One in a million”, is an exaggeration and not reality when talking about a person, object or action.

But not so for Dr. Alberto Gutiérrez, a Rio Grande City native who with his wife Clare, RN, a retired Registered Nurse, live in McAllen.

The legislative influence of Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo/Starr County, will be in full force during the next few months as they play direct roles on the Senate Finance Committee in shaping Texas’ two-year state budget.