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Border Crossings in South Texas on the Rise for First Time in Months as Trump's Inauguration Looms Large

Over the past weekend, the Rio Grande Valley sector reported 1,276 migrant arrests, a sharp increase from 400 to 600 a week seen in recent months

Latin Times

Trump’s first Texas visit after historic Rio Grande Valley win spurs mix of excitement, trepidation

The president-elect was in South Texas to witness a test flight at SpaceX, whose founder, Elon Musk, is co-leading Trump’s government efficiency commission.

The Texas Tribune

In the Rio Grande Valley, the Red Wave Makes Landfall

Perhaps it’s just Trump. Or perhaps Texas Democrats are doomed.

Texas Observer

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Texas Sees Increase In Border Apprehensions In August As National Figures Rise Slightly

The Rio Grande Valley and Del Rio sectors saw 4% and 6% increases, respectively. It's still much lower than the historical records seen in December.

International Business Times

Texas Sees Increase in Border Apprehensions in August as National Figures Rise Slightly

The Rio Grande Valley and Del Rio sectors saw 4% and 6% increases, respectively. It's still much lower than the historical records seen in December

Latin Times

Rio Grande Valley leaders hope to rebrand region as “RioPlex” to attract investment

After years of competing with each other for new businesses, Valley cities want to present a united front to highlight the region’s assets.

The Texas Tribune

‘Unpredictability is our biggest problem’: Texas farmers experiment with ancient farming styles

A study is under way in the water-scarce region to see if commodity farmers can use the regenerative technique of cover cropping as a way to adapt to rapidly changing weather conditions

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Republicans make marginal gains in South Texas as Democratic power wanes

The Rio Grande Valley has long been a Democratic stronghold in Texas. Republicans invested heavily there but didn't see major gains. Still, marginal progress has Democrats worried.

WEKU

Bill Clinton stumps in South Texas for Democrats ahead of Election Day

Clinton traveled to Laredo in the morning to stump for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and then went to the Rio Grande Valley to boost Michelle Vallejo, who is running for an open seat.

The Texas Tribune

Rio Grande Valley abortion clinic bought by anti-abortion pregnancy center

Whole Woman’s Health, which owned the building for nearly two decades, said they were “duped” after the doctors who bought the building sold it to the McAllen Pregnancy Center.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Indigenous leaders target banks in fight against natural gas export terminals in Rio Grande Valley

Since Congress lifted the U.S. oil export ban in 2015, three proposed LNG export facilities have fallen victim to the protest. But the war in Ukraine is an impetus for two remaining projects.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Democrat accused of using doctored photo of rival to make her eyebrows look scary

‘The people in the [Rio Grande Valley] are smarter than this and will see right through Vicente’s scare tactics and constant lies,’ Mayra Flores says

The Independent UK

Republicans pin hope on Latino vote in Rio Grande Valley, Texas’ new battleground

HARLINGEN, Texas — After a Texas Young Republicans banquet last weekend, Albert Alaniz watched as Sen. Ted Cruz rallied the party faithful on behalf of three GOP Latina candidates running for Congress in the Rio Grande Valley, a Democratic stronghold through most of the state’s history.

Tribune News Service

Texas awards $307 million in contracts for 14 miles of new border wall

The two companies awarded contracts on Thursday will erect border barriers in Del Rio and the Rio Grande Valley.

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High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas’ highest rating. Some in the Rio Grande Valley break that trend.

The Texas Education Agency has dismissed the notion that the accountability ratings are a poverty rating. As evidence, they point to districts like those in the Rio Grande Valley, which have achieved high marks while serving a high number of economically disadvantaged students.

Texas Observer

Mexican Drought Spurs a South Texas Water Crisis

Reservoirs in the Rio Grande Valley are running dry—sparking emergency water conservation measures in both the U.S. and Mexico.

The Texas Tribune

Greg Abbott agrees to one debate with Beto O’Rourke, but O’Rourke wants more

The governor said Tuesday he has agreed to debate O’Rourke, his Democratic opponent, on Sept. 30 in the Rio Grande Valley.

The Texas Tribune

Go “Inside the Interim” with Rio Grande Valley-area lawmakers at our free public event

Join us Aug. 24 for a Tribune event with RGV lawmakers on what shook out of the last legislative session and what’s ahead for the 2023 session.

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To stay in Congress, Mayra Flores bets Democratic South Texas is ready for an outspoken conservative

A Mexican immigrant who worked in cotton fields to pay for school supplies, Flores is a source of hope for Republicans looking to gain ground in the Rio Grande Valley. But her staying power will be put to the test this November.

The Texas Tribune

Former UT-Brownsville President Juliet García to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

García served as the president of the University of Texas at Brownsville until it merged with the University of Texas-Pan American to become the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She is the first Mexican American woman to lead a college or university in the United States.

Tribune News Service

GOP sees Rep. Mayra Flores as first of 3 Texas Republican Latinas in Congress

WASHINGTON — Having broken Democrats’ centurylong grip in the Rio Grande Valley, Mayra Flores received a hero’s welcome Tuesday evening as she became Texas’ newest member of Congress.

WEKU

Mexican border town sees an increase in sales of abortion drugs to women from the US

US customers started deluging Mexican border pharmacies after Texas passed an anti-abortion law last fall. A two-pill combination costs about $400 and does not require a doctor's prescription.

Salon

Two decades of border stunts in Texas

Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott pushed border initiatives while kicking off re-election campaigns

Tribune News Service

Is self-induced abortion illegal in Texas? Questions arise in wake of murder charge being dropped

DALLAS — Last week’s arrest of a woman in the Rio Grande Valley on a murder charge for a “self-induced abortion” created confusion over what’s covered by Texas’ new abortion laws.

Texas Observer

Rio Grande Valley Voters Face Stark Choices in May Runoffs

From Henry Cuellar’s reelection to the fight to succeed Eddie Lucio, multiple progressive women advance to runoffs as the RGV ponders its political status quo.

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