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		<title>Sylvia Handy pleads guilty to harboring conspiracy, false statement in tax return, then resigns as Hidalgo County Commissioner</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/03/09/santana-textiles-group-receives-10-million-from-texas-product-development-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Sen. Juan &#34;Chuy&#34; Hinojosa, D-McAllen, featured right, has announced dates for the 2010 Texas Hurricane Conference, sponsored by the Texas Division of Emergency   Management and the Texas Department of Public Safety. The conference, scheduled for May 17-20 in McAllen, will offer attendees a variety of resources to prepare and coordinate responses to catastrophic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is good for the Texas border region is good for Texas, says Farouk Shami</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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What is good for the Texas border region is good for Texas, says Farouk Shami, featured here shaking hands with a young supporter during his early February campaign swing through McAllen. Shami, who is seeking the March 2 Democratic Party primary for governor, has laid out his policies for helping the Texas border region. His plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farouk Shami, American success story, guarantees 100,000 new jobs, declares war on poverty in Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Farouk Shami, a Democratic candidate for Texas governor who came to America 44 years ago with $71 in his pocket and became an American success story, on Tuesday, February 8, said as governor he would use his extensive skills as a proven business leader to help create 100,000 new jobs in Texas  – or he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sergio Muñoz, Jr. to file bill extending property tax freeze to homeowners with cancer and diabetes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Sergio Muñoz, Jr., who has made job creation, more health care, better  access to education, and improved public safety – including cracking down of sexual predators – the foundation of his campaign, on Thursday, January 28, was endorsed for State Representative, House District 36, by the mayor and city council of his hometown of Mission. &#8221;Mission and House District [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburg’s retail economy during November drops more than 13 percent from same month in 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Hidalgo County Judge René A. Ramírez, featured left, visits with Gabriel  Sánchez, director of the U.S. Census Bureau&#8217;s Dallas Regional Office, during the December 21 official grand opening of the Census Bureau&#8217;s local office, which is located at the Wells Fargo Building on the corner of Trenton and McColl roads in Edinburg. The federal agency wants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sergio Muñoz, Jr. pledges to file legislation to boost teacher pay, protect retired teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Lucy Canales (featured left) and Lilia Ledesma, partners with the Edinburg law office of Linebarger Goggan Blair &#38; Sampson, LLP, met with Sen. Juan &#34;Chuy&#34; Hinojosa, D-McAllen, following a major presentation by Gov. Rick Perry in Edinburg on Tuesday, January 5. The three area leaders were part of a select group who met with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sergio Muñoz, Jr. continues momentum, draws big local support, raises about $100,000 at December 21 event</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2009/12/29/sergio-munoz-jr-continues-momentum-draws-big-local-support-raises-about-100000-at-december-21-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Sen. Juan &#34;Chuy&#34; Hinojosa, D-McAllen, featured left, has announced that he will be soon be posting key dates on his legislative calendar that will allow his constituents to began shaping legislative priorities in the coming year that will result in bills being filed when the Texas Legislature returns to work in January 2011. &#34;I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Martínez targets two state funds to build Valley VA Hospital, help veterans statewide</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2009/12/17/rep-martinez-targets-two-state-funds-to-build-valley-va-hospital-help-veterans-statewide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Former Hidalgo County Judge Ramón García celebrates with Dolly Elizondo, chair of the Hidalgo County Democratic Party, after García filed the legal paperwork to place his name on the March 2, 2010 ballot for Hidalgo County Judge.  García, who was joined by numerous area mayors at the event, which was held in his law office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Texan Antonio Reyna, III, artist extraordinaire, launches major exhibition Dec. 11 &#8211; 20 in Corpus Christi</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2009/12/09/south-texan-antonio-reyna-iii-artist-extraordinaire-launches-major-exhibition-dec-11-20-in-corpus-christi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Much like a gifted athlete who dominates in three key aspects of his sport, Antonio Reyna, III – an Austin resident with deep roots in South Texas – is a rare triple threat in the fiercely competitive world of art: he excels with oil paints, sculpture, and photography. On Friday, December 11, through Sunday, December 20, Reyna [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburg unemployment rate for October registers another slight drop, to seven percent</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2009/11/30/edinburg-unemployment-rate-for-october-registers-another-slight-drop-to-seven-percent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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The Rio Grande Council, Boy Scouts of America, in late November recognized Dr. Shirley Reed, president of South Texas College, and the STC Board of Trustees at its annual dinner. The event celebrated the contributions of the leadership of STC to making the Rio Grande Valley a better place to live and work. Fr. Antonio [...]]]></description>
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