Last week, the Texas House passed its new district map as part of its redistricting efforts. The map includes a newly redrawn House District 37—a last-minute amendment that tilts the longtime Democrat stronghold toward the GOP. Thursday afternoon, Janie Lopez, vice...
In 2020’s election that saw Republicans make historic gains in South Texas but fall short of flipping any House seats in the region, President Donald Trump won Democratic State Rep. Ryan Guillen’s district by 13 points. Guillen himself survived, winning by 17 points...
State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., a South Texas Democrat long considered to be the most moderate of Senate Democrats, is calling it quits after more than 30 years in the Texas Senate. His retirement is the fourth to come among Texas senators and occurs as leftist activists...
On Wednesday afternoon, Mission Consolidated Independent School District announced it would be joining Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston ISDs in requiring students to wear masks, defying Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates. Mission CISD is...
In response to the ongoing crisis at the southern border, the City of McAllen began setting up tents as temporary emergency shelters late Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning, local citizens took notice. Located in an empty lot on 23rd Street and Buddy Owens...
Half of the Rio Grande Valley’s eight state representatives joined their fellow Democrats in fleeing Austin on a private jet, choosing to lobby Congress in Washington, D.C., rather than perform their elected duties. Two others also participated in denying the quorum,...
Conservative activists in the Rio Grande Valley working toward big victories in 2022 have new reason to be optimistic. Javier Villalobos, a former chair of Hidalgo County GOP, won the mayoral runoff on June 5 with 51 percent of the vote. Though the race is...
