FEATURED: With Luis “Louie” G. Alamia, PT (Physical Therapist), Member, Board of Trustees, Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, looking on in the background, Dr. Guy Bailey, President, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, provides information to other area leaders and the news media in the school board meeting room about the planned construction of the Collegiate High School in Edinburg.
FEATURED: Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo/Starr County, center, shares a laugh with constituents of her Senate District 21 during a campaign rally on Thursday, September 7, 2022.
Photograph Courtesy SEN. JUDITH ZAFFIRINI FACEBOOK
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: The 10-member Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, meeting at the Texas Capitol on Thursday, November 10, 2022, include in this image Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock; Rep. Justin Holland, R-Heath; Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg; and Sen. Charles Schwertner, MD, R-Georgetown, Chair. The mission statement of this legislative body, which includes five senators and five state representatives, is to enhance government accountability to the Legislature and people of Texas by objectively evaluating the need for and value of state programs and services.
FEATURED: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at the Michigan Democrats Dinner in Detroit, Michigan. Klobuchar is the author of S. 673, the Senate bill that proposes the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). That measure would would allow local news publishers/broadcasters to come together to collectively negotiate with Google and Facebook for higher compensation for use of their content.
FEATURED: Rep. R.D. “Bobby” Guerra, D-McAllen, participates in the Wednesday, October 26, 2022 groundbreaking of the $83 million expansion of the Anzalduas International Bridge Port of Entry, which connects both western outskirts of Mission, Texas and Reynosa, Mexico.
Photograph Courtesy REP. R.D. “BOBBY” GUERRA FACEBOOK
FEATURED: John Sharp, Chancellor, Texas A&M University System, was honored on Tuesday, September 6, 2021 on the 10th anniversary of being chosen by the Board of Regents as the top administrative leader of one of the largest higher education organizations in the United States, with a budget of $7.2 billion.
FEATURED: Adam Hinojosa, R-Corpus Christi, and Morgan LaMantia, D-South Padre Island. Both candidates are seeking election to succeed longtime Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. D-Brownsville, in Senate District 27, which includes Bee, Cameron, San Patricio, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy, and parts of Nueces and Hidalgo counties.
Photograph Courtesy, Respectively, ADAM HINOJOSA, MORGAN LAMANTIA
FEATURED: Edinburg City Councilmember Daniel “Dan” Díaz on Friday, September 9, 2022, addressed audience members during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Schunior Detention Pond project, which will benefit more than 720 homes in the surrounding area by adding to the community’s stormwater holding capacity and increasing overall efficiency of the municipal drainage infrastructure.
FEATURED: Social media is a collective term for websites and applications that focus on communication, community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. People use social media to stay in touch and interact with friends, family and various communities. The largest social media networks include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok. Social media typically features user-generated content and personalized profiles.
Photograph Courtesy MCCOMBS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS/UT AUSTIN
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Rep. Ryan Guillén, R-Rio Grande City, and his wife, Dalinda Guillén; and Gov. Greg Abbott, on Monday, November 15, 2021, in Floresville, where the state representative announced he had switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
