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COMMENTARY: Focus on improving RGV education

BY DR. LUZELMA CANALESWe are grounded in the belief that education paves the way to the middle class. Traditionally, students across the country have...

COMMENTARY: Cracking the code in Texas to build a stronger tech workforce

BY STATE REP. R.D. 'BOBBY' GUERRAAs Texas and the Rio Grande Valley continue to grow and experience an influx of new employers, so does...

LETTERS: On Washington Post and Sen. John Cornyn

‘Don’t blame the Post’The political commentary in the Monitor on Thursday by Jay Ambrose, regarding the Washington Post, was very surprising. For a newspaper...

EDITORIAL: Congratulations to all voted in for service in the RGV

The spring 2017 elections are in the books (almost) and so we congratulate the winners, as well as everyone who campaigned, and the voters...

LETTERS: On Texas’ voter ID law, Trump’s vacations, self-driving cars and kindness

Voter ID law supportedRecently there have been several rulings by judges that Texas’ voter ID law was disenfranchising some voters. In the summer of...

COMMENTARY: $70B in TXDOT projects by 2027

BY TRYON LEWISThe Texas Transportation Commission recently approved an update of the Texas Department of Transportation’s $70 billion Unified Transportation Program (UTP). The UTP...

LETTERS: On McAllen mayoral, Sharyland ISD and Pharr elections

Mayoral candidates for May 6 McAllen electionI am so tired of the biased media and the obvious partiality of one candidate over another. Why...