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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 24, 2025

City of McAllen Names New Planning & Zoning Director

Rio Grande Valley bringing experience, vision for growth The City of McAllen is proud to announce the selection of Omar
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 24, 2025

STC alumna earns degree after years of selfless caregiving and foster care

After decades of dedication as a wife, mother of six, caregiver and foster mother to over 15 children, South Texas
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 24, 2025

Costa Rica, Mexico debut in top 10 happiest nations, led by the Nordics

Washington, (EFE).- Costa Rica and Mexico are among the world’s top 10 happiest countries for the first time, according to
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 22, 2025

Sen. Cruz, Secretary Rollins, Rep. De La Cruz Address Agricultural Challenges in the Rio Grande

McAllen, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), joined by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, and Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 22, 2025

Court activities to be suspended next week to complete move into new Hidalgo County Courthouse

EDINBURG – Judicial proceedings and other courthouse activity will be suspended to the public for one week beginning Monday, March 24,
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 22, 2025

Vanessa Cárdenas & David Leopold on Larger Democratic Stakes of Trump’s Weaponizing of Immigration Law

Access online version of this press release HERE Washington, DC — As legal observers have been highlighting, there’s a brewing constitutional crisis
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 22, 2025

Temporary Closure of McAllen Public Utility Drive-Thru for Renovations

The McAllen Public Utility (MPU) Drive-Thru, located on the east side of McAllen City Hall at 1300 W. Houston Ave.,
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 21, 2025

Shutting down the Voice of America

The recent decision by President Trump to dismantle the Voice of America (VOA) and its parent organization, the U.S. Agency
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 21, 2025

Driscoll Children’s Hospital Opens New State-of-the-Art NICU

Driscoll Children’s Hospital celebrated the grand opening of its new 60-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on Thursday, marking a
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 21, 2025

Paxton says trans Texans can’t use court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses, birth

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune “Paxton says trans Texans can’t use court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses,
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