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State sales tax revenues up 8.6 percent in May

Texas collected $3.69 billion in state sales tax in May, 8.6 percent more than in May 2021.

Union presses BISD for pay raises amid inflation

Union representatives on Monday continued to push the Brownsville Independent School District to improve pay for teachers, librarians and other professionals as well as classified employees across the district.

Police: Mercedes man arrested for assaulting girlfriend with hammer

A Mercedes man was arrested Monday after assaulting his girlfriend with a hammer and holding her against her will inside her residence this weekend,...

Man says he had less than $10K; feds find $17K more

A Brownsville man has been arrested by federal officers after he did not declare more than $27,000 in cash he was carrying on his way to Mexico.

Police: Man charged with murder after medical emergency call

A 64-year-old man charged with murder remained jailed Monday in a Cameron County facility on a $1 million bond.

San Benito to call for a 10 percent water rate hike

After four months of debate, city commissioners on Tuesday are planning to call for a 10-percent increase in water rates spread out over a five-year period, aiming to pull the utility system out of the red while helping to pay off long-term debt tied to the new water plant.

San Juan man accused in fatal Alamo stabbing to pursue insanity defense

A 29-year-old San Juan man accused of stabbing a woman in broad daylight at a Bealls parking lot in Alamo will pursue an insanity defense, court records indicate.

Border Patrol finds 52 adults, 3 minors hidden in pepper shipment

Border Patrol agents discovered 55 people, including three minors, hidden inside a tractor-trailer hauling pallets of peppers on Thursday.

CDL trainer brings gender diversity to TSTC’s Professional Driving Academy

HARLINGEN — Women are gradually changing the perception that driving commercial vehicles is for men only. Neiva Martinez, of Brownsville, is one of those women....

Settlement with private wall builder sparks mounting skepticism

Last week marked the end of a more than two-year dispute between the federal government and the builders of a private border wall that went up just feet from the banks of the Rio Grande in 2020.