Editorials

For the third consecutive presidential campaign, both major parties are fielding candidates whose disapproval ratings are higher than their positive ratings. Low voter turnout in state primaries and caucuses has enabled extremists to dominate the process and select candidates who aren't in line with the preferences of most party members, and voters.

Some two dozen business leaders, former legislators and human rights activists sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday asking that he allow more immigrants to work while they are waiting for their visa petitions to be resolved.

We’ve just completed the first quarter of 2024, and some voters might see increasing reasons to give up on our political system and just stay home on election day.

On Sunday Christians everywhere will celebrate the event that legitimizes their faith: Jesus' resurrection.

Even with recent developments in retail, finance and aerospace, agriculture remains the biggest part of the Rio Grande Valley’s economy, and three crops have dominated our agriculture market: citrus, cotton and sugar cane.

New York City’s mayor Eric Adams canceled a trip to the Rio Grande Valley this past weekend over concerns of cartel-related violence here. Guess he hasn’t read FBI reports that consistently show this is one of the safest regions in the United States.

Robert and Janet Vackar have long made a name for themselves in running and expanding the Bert Ogden Auto Group across the Rio Grande Valley; it's named after Janet Vackar's father, who founded the business decades ago. The Vackars' name also will live on as a result of their continued generosity to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

A major element of the Rio Grande Valley’s economy is used car sales. Some local streets might have a dozen or more lots selling pre-owned vehicles. The used-car market is big everywhere — they outnumber new car sales nearly 4-to-1 nationwide — but it seems to be even more pronounced in low-income areas such as ours. It’s no surprise: A lot of people just can’t afford a new car.

People who have been to the U.S.-Mexico border, and even crossed into Matamoros, Reynosa or other northern Mexican cities, probably have seen a major demographic change. More people approaching our border, or waiting in Mexico to see if they are admitted into this country, are from Haiti; creole French is becoming increasingly common here.

It’s never been easier to access information; we can simply tap our phones and open uncountable amounts of information through the internet. Of course, it’s just as easy to post information as it is to read it, and people have used the resource to spread information that isn’t true, either by accident or by design.