Environment
September 19, 2026
Rep. Henry Cuellar is seeking answers after an environmental advocate found that border wall panels installed at Santa Ana refuge carry 2020 fabrication dates, pointing to old funds Congress originally barred from the site.
Politics
September 14, 2026
A Brownsville native seeking to unseat Greg Abbott returns to the Valley this week, where a local organizer says voters have yet to connect rising electricity bills to the governor's race.
News Cuts
August 30, 2026
SpaceX told Brownsville that funding would be off the table unless they voted Saturday. After six hours, they unanimously approved the disannexation of 444 acres that the company is purchasing from a private owner.
News Cuts
August 27, 2026
Daily roadside ICE arrests are turning communities around the Laguna Madre into what residents call "ghost towns" as the Trump administration pushes for 2,000 arrests a day nationwide.
Data Centers
August 21, 2026
The community groups are asking the city to form a data center task force to “include meaningful democratic representation” on local data center policies.
Local Economy
August 13, 2026
As immigration enforcement raids unfold in South Texas neighborhoods, families are paying in anxiety and economic loss. A new study shows taxpayers in the region will also foot the tax bill in the hundreds of millions for Trump's mass deportations.