FEATURED: JuliánÁlvarez, III, a former Commissioner Representing Labor at the Texas Workforce Commission, will be the moderator for a legislative luncheon to be held in Edinburg on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, featuring Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Sen. Adán “Adam” Hinojosa, R-Corpus Christi. Tickets to attend the luncheon are available for purchase ($85 individual, $750 for a table of eight) through Friday, January 16, 2026 by contacting the RGV Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at (956) 928-0060.
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FEATURED: Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during his tour of duty as a U.S. Marine combat squad leader in Vietnam from 1966 through 1968, and Col. Frank Plummer, during the Veterans Day event in McAllen on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Hinojosa and Plummer are among the estimated 50,000 veterans – with about 24,000 having service-related disabilities – living in South Texas, including the Rio Grande Valley.
FEATURED: Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez, D-Weslaco, poses outside the Texas Capitol in Austin on Friday, April 21, 2023, with the files of three of his legislative measures, known as bills, that had been approved by the Texas Legislature.
FEATURED: Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, addresses his colleagues on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from the floor of the Texas Senate at the State Capitol in Austin. King led the way to create a new state law designed to help ensure the safety and security of top leaders of public and private universities and colleges in Texas, according to South Texas attorney and Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa.
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa; First Lady Leah Wise; Roxanne Lerma, Director of Communications and Media, City of Edinburg; and U.S. Judge Ricardo H. Hinojosa. Hinojosa congratulates Ochoa after administering the oath of office to the new mayor, who is an attorney, before a standing-room only audience on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at the Edinburg Arts, Culture & Events Center (ACE), located at 315 W McIntyre Street. Ochoa won 62 percent of the vote during the Tuesday, November 4, 2025 mayoral race which also included former Mayor Richard Molina, former Mayor Pro Tem Johnny García, and writer and community activist Jonathan Salinas.
