Tag: elections

Hidalgo County attorney Lydia Elizondo has announced she is running to be judge of County Court-at-Law No. 7.

The Brownsville Independent School District on Tuesday began rolling out its effort to get the Voter Approved Tax Ratification Election on the Nov. 7 ballot approved.

The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees adopted a 2023-2024 tax rate of $1.030964 per $100 valuation, nearly 18 cents lower than the rate of $1.20869 for 2022-2023.

The Edinburg CISD School Board ordered Friday a tax rate election for Nov. 7, with other Rio Grande Valley districts poised to consider doing so on Monday — the deadline to decide.

Edcouch-Elsa ISD trustees are considering making a bond push in November for improvements that could include safety upgrades, building maintenance and some new facilities.

HARLINGEN — Two years ago, city commissioners proposed amendments to the City Charter leading to sweeping changes, including setting term limits, pushing the city’s May elections to November and cutting the mayor’s power to appoint members to the prominent board of directors overseeing Valley International Airport.

The Texas Ethics Commission has ruled that Starr County Judge Eloy Vera committed several campaign finance violations, including using county resources to produce a video that constituted political advertising.

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, Republican congresswoman for District 15, says she's raked up a war chest of $1.017 million, $833,000 of which she raised in the second quarter of this year.

SAN BENITO — On the heels of her re-election announcement, State Rep. Janie Lopez, whose district includes Cameron and Willacy counties, will launch a district tour of the Cameron and Willacy County areas to discuss recent legislative accomplishments and issues important to her constituents, her office stated.

SAN BENITO — Mayra Flores, the San Benito Republican who made Texas history during her seven-month stint as the state’s District 34 congresswoman, has announced her 2024 bid to recapture the post she lost to U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in an election grabbing the national spotlight last year.