The Monitor

AUSTIN — House Speaker Dade Phelan created a special committee Monday to examine President Joe Biden’s executive order pausing new permits for facilities that export liquified natural gas, a move that has drawn backlash from the oil industry, Republicans and some Democrats.

Texas’ economic partnership with Mexico is an integral component of our state’s long-term economic prosperity, and it’s imperative that we continue to foster cross-border collaboration. For border cities like McAllen, strengthening this bilateral relationship is a major determining factor in reaching our region’s full economic potential.

As the four Texas state senators who live along the Texas-Mexico border, we understand that border security is essential not only for the safety and welfare of everyone who lives in or visits the border region, but also for the efficacy of state services and the strength of our national security.

Officials with the International Boundary and Water Commission have temporarily closed the international bridge that spans the top of Amistad Dam in order to carry out routine maintenance on a power plant underneath the structure.

Texas Southmost College’s fourth annual Spring Job Fair takes place March 27 from 9 a.m. to noon at Jacob Brown Auditorium, 600 International Boulevard.

A Peñitas man was sentenced to prison on Thursday following a guilty plea for the death of a Mission man who he shot over drugs.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will join the Southland Conference as a full-time member beginning in July 2024, the UTRGV athletics department announced Monday.

Letter writers this week addressed politics and politicians and water scarcity — and safety, among other topics.

I hope you have been out walking in the evening this past week and observed the changing phase of our moon. The shadows of the maria may look like a rabbit or a face, depending on how imaginative you are. The illumination from the sun traveling to our eye here on Earth is truly awesome.