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City of Harlingen mulling $51.2 million budget

HARLINGEN — As officials plan a proposed $51.2 million general fund budget, high fuel costs along with rising energy and health insurance prices will help determine if they tap into a $7.7 million reserve to help boost city services.

NWS: Heat soaring to scorching levels Friday afternoon

Get ready to feel the heat.

Abbott’s latest executive order lacks clarity, poses ‘logistical nightmare’

BY VALERIE GONZALEZ AND MARK REAGAN | STAFF WRITERS  A lack of clarity over Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest executive order authorizing state law enforcement to...

State launches Texas Utility Help: Program funded by $50 million in federal funds

With the June 7 roll-out of a new program, Texas Utility Help, from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, assistance is now available on a statewide basis for eligible low-income homeowners and renters having a tough time paying their utility bills.

SPI officials announce $1.5 million grant for new historical museum

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — History may pass but remembering and understanding it isn’t free.

City of Harlingen eyeing new energy contract

HARLINGEN — As natural gas prices double, city officials are negotiating a longer-term energy contract at higher rates to try to hold down soaring costs.

Gov. Abbott plans to return migrants in country illegally to ports of entry

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday issued an executive order authorizing the Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety to return people arrested in the country illegally to ports of entry on the border.

McAllen abortion clinic ‘packing up’ as Whole Woman’s Health to relocate to New Mexico

The McAllen abortion clinic is packing up its operations as Whole Woman’s Health announced plans to relocate their clincs to New Mexico.

Report: Justice Department probing Texas’ border mission

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating potential civil rights violations in Texas’ multibillion-dollar border security mission that has given the National Guard arrest powers and seen state authorities bus migrants to Washington, D.C., according to public records.