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		<title>South Texas College expansion could cost $134.5 million, according to draft report</title>
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Earlier this month, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst appointed Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, featured here reading to elementary school students, to the Select Committee on Redistricting. In her guest column, featured later in this posting, Zaffirini explains how the upcoming congressional redistricting battles in the Texas Legislature next spring will have a major impact on how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/07/19/south-texas-college-expansion-could-cost-134-5-million-according-to-draft-report/</link>
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		<title>Work underway on landmark history book: McAllen&#8217;s   First 100 Years – Leading the Way</title>
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Prayers in South Texas were answered on June 30, when Hurricane Alex, shown here a day  earlier as an approaching tropical storm, was making a predicted path to the Valley. But the powerful eye of the soon-to-be Category 2 hurricane moved westward instead, striking northeastern Mexico with heavy rain and powerful winds of more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/07/06/work-underway-on-landmark-history-book-mcallens-first-100-years-%e2%80%93-leading-the-way/</link>
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		<title>Hidalgo County secures $78.5 million state boost for two major transportation projects</title>
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Texas Transportation Commission officials, joined by Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, Hidalgo County Judge  René   A. Ramírez, Hidalgo County Commissioner Héctor “Tito” Palacios, and other local transportation leaders, on Thursday, June 24, announced $78.5 million in pass-through funds for two major Hidalgo County transportation projects that will connect NAFTA truck traffic from the five ports to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/06/28/hidalgo-county-secures-78-5-million-state-boost-for-two-major-transportation-projects/</link>
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		<title>Janie Cuellar Salinas, wife of former county judge, mourned by hundreds at funeral mass in Weslaco</title>
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Loli Gómez-Peña, featured right, a member of the Red Coat Ambassadors with the Weslaco Chamber of Commerce, welcomed state and local leaders on Friday, June 11, to the grand opening of a state agency field office, whose staff will help dozens of local governments in deep South Texas promptly and properly administer more than $47 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/06/19/janie-cuellar-salinas-wife-of-former-county-judge-mourned-by-hundreds-at-funeral-mass-in-weslaco/</link>
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		<title>Ryan Evans, McAllen High School basketball star, commits with Schreiner University in Kerrville</title>
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Ryan Evans, a 6&#8242;6&#34; star forward for McAllen High School&#8217;s powerhouse Class 5-A basketball team – which earlier this year finished ranked 14th best in Texas – has proven when it comes to hitting the boards on the hardwood and hitting the books in the classroom, his results are always the same: he delivers like a champion. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/06/10/ryan-evans-mcallen-high-school-basketball-star-commits-with-schreiner-university-in-kerrville/</link>
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		<title>Gary Gurwitz, Mike Allen begin new six-year terms; South Texas College predicts 30,000 students by fall</title>
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As the family of the late Pedro Cano of Edinburg listen intently, Gov. Rick Perry, whose image towered over them on a video screen in the Edinburg Auditorium, on Tuesday, May 18, praised the late World War II hero as &#34;a young man who left this beautiful town to defend his adopted country and achieved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/06/02/gary-gurwitz-mike-allen-begin-new-six-year-terms-south-texas-college-predicts-30000-students-by-fall/</link>
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		<title>Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson supports looking at all state funds for Valley VA Hospital</title>
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Efraín N. Martínez of Edinburg, featured left, reviews strategies for hurricane preparedness and recovery with Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson on Monday, May 17, when both men appeared in McAllen at a public meeting of the House Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness. Patterson, a retired U.S. Marine whose state agency&#8217;s responsibilities include oil spill prevention [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/05/24/land-commissioner-jerry-patterson-supports-looking-at-all-state-funds-for-valley-va-hospital/</link>
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		<title>Rep. Martínez: McAllen&#8217;s call to crack down on sales of guns, ammunition meant for Mexican drug cartels drawing legislative interest</title>
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With shovel blades and even the overturned earth bearing a gold coloring, Valley legislators literally and figuratively hit pay dirt in Weslaco on Friday, May 14, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the planned $40 million Department of Public Safety Regional Headquarters.
The complex will feature about 110,00 square feet and accommodate 212 employees, who will serve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/05/17/rep-martinez-mcallens-call-to-crack-down-on-sales-of-guns-ammunition-meant-for-mexican-drug-cartels-drawing-legislative-interest/</link>
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		<title>McAllen battles unfair images of Texas border promoted by media coverage of drug cartels</title>
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The Veterans Alliance of the Rio Grande Valley on Sunday, May 2, confirmed that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a Republican, featured center in McAllen on Monday, February 1, along with Sen. Juan &#34;Chuy&#34; Hinojosa, D-McAllen, featured right, and Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., D-Brownsville, featured left, have invited U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/05/05/mcallen-battles-unfair-images-of-texas-border-promoted-by-media-coverage-of-drug-cartels/</link>
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		<title>Hidalgo County saved from losing millions of dollars following successful presentation by Judge Ramírez, County Commissioner Palacios</title>
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Media are evolving and the multimedia skills that students at The University of Texas-Pan American are learning will make them more competitive in the job market, said media professionals at the first annual Communication Showcase at UTPA held on Tuesday, April 20. Speakers shared their personal experiences during what is being called a transitional period [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edinburgpolitics.com/2010/04/26/hidalgo-county-saved-from-losing-millions-of-dollars-following-successful-presentation-by-judge-ramirez-county-commissioner-palacios/</link>
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