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Go “Inside the Interim” with Rio Grande Valley-area lawmakers at our free public event

Join us Aug. 24 for a Tribune event with RGV lawmakers on what shook out of the last legislative session and what’s ahead for the 2023 session.

The Texas Tribune

To stay in Congress, Mayra Flores bets Democratic South Texas is ready for an outspoken conservative

A Mexican immigrant who worked in cotton fields to pay for school supplies, Flores is a source of hope for Republicans looking to gain ground in the Rio Grande Valley. But her staying power will be put to the test this November.

The Texas Tribune

Former UT-Brownsville President Juliet García to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

García served as the president of the University of Texas at Brownsville until it merged with the University of Texas-Pan American to become the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She is the first Mexican American woman to lead a college or university in the United States.

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GOP sees Rep. Mayra Flores as first of 3 Texas Republican Latinas in Congress

WASHINGTON — Having broken Democrats’ centurylong grip in the Rio Grande Valley, Mayra Flores received a hero’s welcome Tuesday evening as she became Texas’ newest member of Congress.

Tribune News Service

Mexican border town sees an increase in sales of abortion drugs to women from the US

US customers started deluging Mexican border pharmacies after Texas passed an anti-abortion law last fall. A two-pill combination costs about $400 and does not require a doctor's prescription.

WEKU

Two decades of border stunts in Texas

Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott pushed border initiatives while kicking off re-election campaigns

Salon

Is self-induced abortion illegal in Texas? Questions arise in wake of murder charge being dropped

DALLAS — Last week’s arrest of a woman in the Rio Grande Valley on a murder charge for a “self-induced abortion” created confusion over what’s covered by Texas’ new abortion laws.

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Rio Grande Valley Voters Face Stark Choices in May Runoffs

From Henry Cuellar’s reelection to the fight to succeed Eddie Lucio, multiple progressive women advance to runoffs as the RGV ponders its political status quo.

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