FEATURED: Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen – whose Senate District 20 includes Edinburg – and former Edinburg City Councilmember and retired attorney Ofelia De Los Santos, on Saturday, December 1o, 2022, at the Mission Event Center for the wedding reception of fellow lawyers Omar Ochoa and Leah Wise.
FEATURED: Dr. Luis “Louie” G. Alamia, PT, DPT, poses with his daughter, Serenity, on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at Richard Flores Stadium in Edinburg. Alamia serves as Member, Place 4, Board of Trustees, Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District.
FEATURED: Julián Álvarez, longtime Texas Commissioner Representing Labor on the Texas Workforce Commission, resigned from his leadership role with that state agency effective Thursday, December 15, 2022 to become Senior Vice President and Director of Business Development for Lone Star National Bank.
FEATURED: Award-winning artist Common speaks with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley community as part of the Distinguished Speakers Series on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at the Performing Arts Complex in Edinburg. The artist, actor, and activists has won awards including the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy and Grammy.
FEATURED: Manish Singh, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Chief Executive Officer, DHR Health, observes as Gov. Greg Abbott congratulates DHR Health on its it’s one-year anniversary of having achieved a Level One Trauma Center designation. Level One Trauma Centers are verified by the American College of Surgeons, and in the Lone Star State designated by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Abbott was a keynote speaker at the event held at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.
FEATURED: Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, speaks about how his life has been positively affected by the city of Edinburg during the 90th Annual Installation and Awards Banquet, hosted by the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce, on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance.
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.
