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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 6, 2025

Measles Cases Reported in Parts of Texas, No Confirmed Cases in Hidalgo County

EDINBURG – A measles outbreak has been reported in the Texas Panhandle, with additional cases of exposure spreading to parts of Central
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 5, 2025

Texas Lottery remains in lawmakers’ sights despite move to ban third-party sales of tickets

By Ayden Runnels and Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune “Texas Lottery remains in lawmakers’ sights despite move to ban third-party
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 5, 2025

Texas House unveils plan to cut property taxes, setting up fight with Senate

By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune “Texas House unveils plan to cut property taxes, setting up fight with Senate” was
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 5, 2025

From STC to hometown pharmacist

South Texas College has always been in reach for Andres Silva, Pharm.D. Growing up near the Starr County Campus on
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 5, 2025

New Starr County Center for Learning Excellence leader

After more than a decade of supporting South Texas College Starr County students, Samantha Montes said she is eager to
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El Periodico USA Staff Awards March 5, 2025

McAllen ISD honors more than 200 teachers for TIA designation

McAllen ISD was proud to honor more than 200 teachers who were recognized under the state’s Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA)
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 5, 2025

New Fencing Project Across Multiple Mission CISD Campuses

MISSION, TEXAS– Mission Consolidated Independent School District (Mission CISD) continues its commitment to student and staff safety with a new
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 4, 2025

Pre-Joint Address Cheat Sheet – If President Trump Says the Following on Immigration

Article from America’s Voice Access online here Washington, DC – As we previewed yesterday, Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 4, 2025

Immigration Policy and Legal Experts Take Stock of Latest News and Implications of Another Busy

Washington, DC — At a virtual press event held last week, leading policy and legal experts took stock of the busy week
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 4, 2025

STC Student Learning Assistant publishes first novel

Jonathan Solis, a Student Learning assistant at South Texas College’s Starr County Campus’ Center for Learning Excellence (CLE) has released
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