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“Time For Texas To Fulfill Its Duty To Public Schools”
In a recent opinion piece, Matthew Hall, senior regional advocacy director with Raise Your Hand Texas, highlights the common thread between teachers, locally elected board members, business and chamber leaders, and faith communities: “A real concern about the Texas Legislature’s lack of financial commitment to our public schools, students, and their teachers.”
GSA starts construction at Kika de la Garza Land Port of Entry in Pharr, Texas
PHARR, Texas – The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the City of Pharr held a groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 14 for an estimated $44 million construction project at the Kika de la Garza Land Port of Entry (LPOE) in Pharr, Texas. “The...
Hollywood is Also Leaving California for Texas
California and Texas have had a love/hate relationship for the better part of this century so far. Ever-increasing taxes and government policies hostile to all who live and do business in the Golden State have opened a floodgate into Texas. Since California started to tip into the metaphorical ocean, millions...
Texas Police Department Missing Thousands of Items, Including Guns and Drugs
If most people take something from work and decide to keep it, it's usually something like a pen or office paper, maybe some post-it notes. Stealing from within a police department? That's a different category of work theft. According to CBS News in Dallas, DeSoto Police have discovered they have...
Restaurant Report Card for Central Texas: 8.15.24
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Here’s this week’s restaurant report card for Central Texas:. The Rustic Grill at 816 North Valley Mills Drive in Waco failed a renewal inspection with a 74. (26 demerits) There were a number of problems. The report was 4 pages long. The food safety...
Two IDEA Public Schools welcome first graduating class
PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — IDEA Public Schools is welcoming thousands of students for the first day of school and celebrating the first graduating class at two Rio Grande Valley campuses. IDEA Owassa College Preparatory and IDEA Elsa College Preparatory schools are honoring their senior class for making history this 2024-2025 school year. Both campuses opened […]
Texas expands razor wire along river banks in Eagle Pass and El Paso
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas National Guard troops are installing more razor wire along the Rio Grande in South and West Texas, at a time when some environmentalists say they're actually seeing a draw down in activity.
2024 election: Exploring claim Texas is ‘sleeper battleground state’
Texas Democrats have long claimed the state is within reach of flipping, yet no Democrat has won statewide here in 30 years. However, a late shakeup on the top of the ticket is raising hopes this year, and one familiar leader went viral this week for arguing Texas could be more competitive than ever.
Valley continuing to face ‘moderate’ air pollution
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Recent data shows air quality continues to be an issue for some of the Valley’s biggest cities, where elevated levels of pollution may affect breathing and overall quality of life. According to the U.S. Air Quality Index, or AQI, the cities of McAllen, Harlingen, and Brownsville have been sitting around 60 […]
MINISO to open at Sunrise Mall in Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — MINISO, a global retail store inspired by Japanese pop culture and lifestyle is coming to Sunrise Mall in Brownsville. Sunrise Mall officially announced Wednesday that MINISO is coming soon. MINISO specializes in lifestyle and pop culture items including toys, plushies, collectibles, beauty essentials, home goods, fragrances, electronics, snacks and beverages. Pop […]
This beach creepy crawly's sting burns for 3 hours
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Jace Tunnell has done it again. If his name sounds familiar it's because the director of community engagement at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has introduced us to a number of unique sea creatures from eel larvae to blue dragons!
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