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A joint project between the Texas A&M University School of Public Health and Methodist Healthcare Ministries has revealed growing concern about the level of contaminants in the water supply of Hidalgo County colonias.
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Flu outbreak in North Texas shutters several school districts as the virus spreads through the state
COVID, RSV and norovirus are also spreading in Texas.---
Flu outbreak in North Texas shutters several school districts as the virus spreads through the stateCOVID, RSV and norovirus are also spreading in Texas.
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Gov. Greg Abbott will announce Texas’ agenda under Trump on Sunday. Here’s what to know.
The governor’s State of the State address is key because it’s where he’ll declare his “emergency items” for the ongoing 2025 Texas legislative session. In the session’s first 60 days,...---
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CBP has zero migrant gotaways for ‘first time in years’ in Texas border sector
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Fox News' Brooke Taylor shares key takeaways from her helicopter ride-along with Customs and Border Protection, highlighting the technology that allows agents to view migrant activity at night [...]
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Mexico Allowed Los Zetas Cartel Gunmen to Escape After Opening Fire on U.S. Border Agents in Texas
Mexico Allowed Los Zetas Cartel Gunmen to Escape After Opening Fire on U.S. Border Agents in Texas
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McAllen pursuing eminent domain land grab for city hall expansion
McALLEN — City leaders here have greenlit a plan to use eminent domain to acquire a piece of land for a future expansion of city hall.
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Measles cases reported in Texas as vaccine rates against the disease has fallen
Two of the cases have been reported in Lubbock, a first in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.---
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McAllen warehouse used in massive cigarette smuggling scheme forfeited
After a little more than four years of litigation, federal authorities have seized a McAllen warehouse used as a staging ground for an international scheme to smuggle hundreds of millions of contraband cigarettes.
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Texas will soon be getting a brand-new state park in the Hill Country
The 2000-acre tract along the Colorado River is adjacent to the existing Colorado Bend State Park.---
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A new state park will be located directly across the Colorado River from Colorado Bend [...]
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A Rio Grande Valley doughnut shop was on the verge of closing. Then Donald Trump won reelection.
The Edinburg shop owner shared her support for Trump — and special pastries — on social media following the election, garnering a rush of customers.
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