Local officials react to Abbott, Trump visit to Rio Grande Valley
13 hours 47 minutes 14 seconds ago
Wednesday, June 30 2021
Jun 30, 2021
June 30, 2021 12:04 PM
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Congressman Filemon Vela:
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Governor Abbott and former President Donald Trump are once again trying to draw attention away from their failed leadership. The state of Texas has gone through so much this past year, the pandemic, the massive power outages that resulted in so many lives lost, and now an unemployment rate that is double what we saw before the virus. Instead of prioritizing Texans and making sure we grow our economy and get people back to work, Governor Abbott is creating a distracting media circus with a failed former president. Let’s make one thing clear: the narrative of a violent and insecure border region is blatantly false. The border is not a war zone, and the wall Abbott and Trump are trying to get Texans to pay for is not only a waste of their har
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Push for drainage improvements underway in Hidalgo County
2 weeks 16 minutes 37 seconds ago
Tuesday, May 11 2021
May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021 6:49 AM
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Texas Rep. Armando Mando Martinez (D-Weslaco), who represents parts of Hidalgo County in Austin, filed Texas House Bill 4663 last month, which would allow Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 to get additional income.
Hidalgo County, so far, has been using voter-approved bonds or grants from the state.
“We would recapture water, resell it, and then use those sale proceeds to turn around and fund projects in Hidalgo County,” Martinez said.
Last week, Hidalgo County commissioners David Fuentes and Ellie Torres were in Austin, speaking to the Texas House’s Natural Resources Committee.