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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
SHOTS ON THE RIVER: HOW ONE NIGHT IN GARCEÑO PUT STARR COUNTY BACK ON A WAR FOOTING
A reported exchange of gunfire between the Coast Guard and shooters in Mexico near Garceño sent troops pouring into Starr County from both sides of the river. One month later, the biggest question is still unanswered.
2 days ago9 min read
Texas Early Vote, Day 8: Democratic Primary Voters Hold a Narrow Edge as Turnout Trails 2024
Early voters with a Democratic primary history narrowly outnumber Republican ones in Texas, but most voters can't be matched to either party and turnout is down nearly 20 percent from 2024. Here is what the numbers do and don't show.
2 days ago4 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
Los Fresnos Mayoral Candidate Nataly Ramos on Smoke, Flooding and Transparency
Los Fresnos mayoral candidate Nataly Ramos talks about residents' smoke complaints, flooding outside city limits, slow records requests and how the city informs people.
2 days ago4 min read
Judge Orders Abbott to Let Hinojosa Inspect Unredacted Musk Emails; Governor Appeals
A Travis County judge ruled that Gov. Greg Abbott must allow his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, to inspect unredacted communications with Elon Musk and his companies. Abbott has appealed, and his office says the order is on hold.
2 days ago3 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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