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"PEOPLE FIRST, PARTY SECOND": RICK SALINAS MAKES HIS CASE FOR MISSION MAYOR
Mission attorney and mayoral candidate Rick Salinas sat down for a 33-minute conversation about the city’s finances, growth incentives and the Valley’s air. He made one promise above all: he’ll never lie to voters.
23 hours ago10 min read
Gonzalez Predicts "New Billionaires" in the Valley. His Wealth-Sharing Math Doesn't Hold Up.
On a Brownsville city commissioner's podcast, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez warned that Valley projects will create "many new billionaires" and pitched a bill to keep some of that wealth home. The bill is real. The numbers he used to sell it are not supported by its text.
23 hours ago10 min read
"THE MORALE IS REALLY LOW": HARLINGEN WORKERS GOT NO RAISE THIS YEAR, AND THE COMMISSION FOUGHT ABOUT WHOSE FAULT IT IS
About 400 Harlingen city employees are working this year without a raise. A commissioner's late push for 5% turned into a public fight over cost, legality and blame, and ended with no action.
1 day ago5 min read
Public Money Vanished From South Padre Island's EDC. Three Weeks Later, Officials Still Won't Say How Much.
Taxpayer money meant for South Padre Island's economic development went to a fraudulent account in a cyberattack. Federal agents are investigating, and the public still hasn't been told how much was lost.
2 days ago4 min read
SAN BENITO CENSURES ITS MAYOR. BUT WHO'S HOLDING THE EDC ACCOUNTABLE?
Marcus Vega A 3-2 vote, a fight over taxpayer-generated revenue, disputed legal spending, and a proposal to remove the mayor from the Economic Development Corporation's board. The deeper questions are far from settled. By Marcus Vega | The 956 Report October 21, 2026 | San Benito, Texas SAN BENITO, TEXAS — The mayor of San Benito has been formally reprimanded for questioning the oversight of an economic development agency funded by public money. At least, that's how Mayor Ped
5 days ago7 min read
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