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Over 200 individuals faced charges in Southern Texas for immigration and border security violations including illegal reentry ...

A couple of South Texas lawmakers on Thursday were speaking out against the state of Texas for ending in-state tuition for ...

President Trump's promise to stem the flow of migrants across the border seems fulfilled: Fewer migrants are crossing and ...

ValleyCentral is following the seven runoff races in the Rio Grande Valley and will be updating this page with election ...

State Sen. Juan Hinojosa discusses the most notable pieces of legislation he helped pass in the 89th Legislature.

The Phoenix City Council voted to force the sale of a blighted 10-acre property on Thomas Rd. near 67th Ave., aiming to redevelop it into nearly 300 apartment units to address illegal dumping and ...

Now that the body has adjourned, we look back at what lawmakers did to improve Texans’ health. Our conclusion? Not much.

The U.S. logged 122 more cases of measles last week — but only four of them in Texas — while the outbreaks in Pennsylvania ...

Lawmakers sought to close gaps in education and support funding for agriculture, disaster preparedness and health care this ...

A portion of central Pennsylvania, including the following counties, Adams ... reached the same conclusion that everyone in the Lehigh Valley did,” Coleman said. “While long-term ...