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Border wall issue divides Texas’ Starr County leaders

May 15, 2013, 9:35 AM 0

By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian RIO GRANDE CITY – Opinion is divided among elected officials and business leaders in Starr County over plans to build border walls in Roma and Rio Grande City. Starr County Judge Eloy Vera…

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Spotlight: Bringing books to children living in the poorest colonia of the nation

Nov 6, 2009, 9:32 AM 0

LatinaLista — Along the Texas-Mexico border, there lies Starr County, Texas. It is one of the poorest counties in the nation with a population of about 62,000 — 97 percent Latino. The U.S. Census reports that only 35 percent…