The Brownsville Herald

The region’s water shortage spurring Texas’ last sugar mill to close, tearing as much as $100 million out of the economy while cutting about 500 jobs here, is leading U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Brownsville, and former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores, a Republican, to blame federal officials for failing to demand Mexico comply with a treaty requiring it share reservoir supplies as farmers struggle to survive.

BROWNSVILLE — The girls with the festoons of color woven through their hair and their faces all smiles and eyes dancing moved rhythmically through the chilly afternoon.

On the day President Joe Biden visited Brownsville to get a better understanding of problems at the U.S.-Mexico border, two eighth-graders at Besteiro Middle School expressed compassion with the migrants and trust in the president’s process.

Voter turnout during the 2020 presidential primary’s first nine days of early voting remains ahead of the number of ballots cast thus far this year, according to Hidalgo and Cameron counties’ elections data.

President Joe Biden has landed in Brownsville.

EDINBURG — UTRGV football finally has a place to call home.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November.

BROWNSVILLE — It’s Charro Days!

Charro Days is always a busy time for law enforcement, though there’s nothing like throwing in a presidential visit to make things really interesting.

Hidalgo and Cameron County combined for over 4,500 ballots cast on Tuesday, the eighth day of early voting.