By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian PHARR, RGV – Robotics instructor and mentor Juan Carlos Suarez is urging Rio Grande Valley teachers not to turn away any student that wants to join a robotics team. Interest in robotics…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian MERCEDES, RGV – Forty six high school students from 11 school districts across the Rio Grande Valley are spending four days this week at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University and…
By Luis Montoya Rio Grande Guardian BROWNSVILLE, TX — State Rep. René Oliveira says he is “appalled and embarrassed” that National Guard troops are being forced to ask local charities for a hot meal while serving on the border….
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian EDINBURG, TX — Only one in four Rio Grande Valley residents feel safer living on the U.S.-Mexico border today than they did five years ago, according to a new opinion poll. The Pulse…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian SAN JUAN, TX — La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), which represents 7,000 colonia and low-income families in the Rio Grande Valley, has written to President Obama with recommendations on how to fix…
By Raul de la Cruz Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, TX — There is a big difference between the total number of Hispanics living in the Rio Grande Valley and the number that are U.S. citizens, a new report shows….
LatinaLista — This year marks 32 years living in Texas, and after all this time, I’m still surprised and insulted at the lack of respect state politicians unashamedly display towards Latinos in the Lone Star State. In a state…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, TEXAS — Concerned that children in colonias will miss out on “over the air” PBS educational programs, a grassroots pressure group has been formed to fight the sale of KMBH-TV. The group,…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian EDCOUCH, TX — When the Rio Grande Valley gets interstate-designated highways next Monday and when Gov. Rick Perry signs legislation to create a new university for the region on Tuesday, thanks should go…
By Raul de la Cruz Rio Grande Guardian RIO GRANDE CITY – U.S. Texas Representative Henry Cuellar says an official from Customs and Border Protection has told him the agency does not have enough money right now to build…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian HARLINGEN — State Sen. Eddie Lucio says he will hold a public hearing in Austin in the coming weeks to focus on the issues raised at last Friday’s first-ever Colonias Summit. “I am…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian EDINBURG,TX – To loud applause at a recent VAMOS annual scholarship banquet, UTPA President Robert Nelsen boldly asserted that the future of Texas lies with young Latinos. “The future is here, today. The…
LatinaLista — People in the South Texas region, affectionately known as the Valley, have historically been ignored by the state of Texas and Washington. It wasn’t until Hillary Clinton singled out the Valley during her failed presidential campaign that…
LatinaLista — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in July that the percentage of obese U.S. adults grew from under 24 percent to 25.6 percent between 2005 and 2007. Yet, if they had singled out one particular…
LatinaLista — Dolly is getting her act together and while that’s usually a good thing for most of those with this name, it isn’t for this Dolly — Tropical Storm Dolly, that is. Proposed trajectory of Tropical Storm Dolly…
LatinaLista — Over the last several months, Latina Lista has posted numerous posts about the strong efforts of some Texas border residents who are fighting back against the federal government’s insistence that the country will be safer with a…
