Labor Day during the COVID-19 pandemic looks quite different this time around than in years past. In an ironic way, this year’s holiday underlines the injustice, low pay, and poor conditions that workers face daily. Over the years, we became so used to looking at Labor Day as the end-of-summer three-day weekend that we paid […]

THE WASHINGTON POST – The grotto of St. Jude Thaddeus is covered in handwritten petitions for protection against the coronavirus, pinned funeral cards, hospital bracelets and photos of the sick and dying. Graveyard workers lower caskets into the earth three or four times a day instead of once or twice a week. Masked mourners surround […]

Notice to the Public A SPECIAL MEETING of the Center for Economic Opportunities, Inc. board of directors will be held in the Center for Economic Opportunities, Inc. Administration Building, 5617 E. Trenton Rd Edinburg, Texas 78542 DATE: AUGUST 16, 2020 TIME: 10:00 AM For more information ontact Marco A. Córdova at (956)-313-6235 or marccordova@gmail.com

Living in South Texas, we are no stranger to crises. From a 500-year flood event last year to the many turbulent challenges we have experienced in just the past few months, emergency preparedness is a perpetual priority for the Rio Grande Valley.  Thankfully, we have been able to meet the needs of our community now […]

The Texas oil and natural gas industry recognizes its profound responsibility to power modern life in a responsible and safe manner. This is why Texas operators are working toward a common goal of reducing and ultimately ending routine flaring.  Flaring is the practice of safely burning excess natural gas at production facilities. Flaring is used […]

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Cameron County reported 68 additional COVID-19 related deaths on Friday and 57 on Saturday. However, Esmeralda Guajardo, public health administrator for the county is at pains to explain a new record high was not set. Rather, most of the deaths occurred in previous months and that the county was simply playing catch […]

What does it mean when we say a drug is being used “off label”? Technically, this means that an approved medication is being prescribed for an “unapproved” use or “indication.” This may sound a little scary, but this practice is quite commonplace and should not be reason for alarm in most cases.  Medications, both prescribed […]

WESLACO, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has been asked by Rio Grande Valley leaders to help get the self-response deadline for Census 2020 pushed back from Sept. 30 to either Oct. 31, or even the end of the year.  The census dominated the thoughts of those tuned in to a webinar Cruz participated on […]

RIO HONDO, Texas – If, as a recent news report stated, Texas is finally going to promote the 2020 Census, some of the money needs to come to the Rio Grande Valley. This is the view of Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Cameron County Commissioner David Garza, and Noble Texas Builders President and CEO Rene […]

A shift in Federal Reserve (Fed) policy was recently announced. This newsflash could easily be missed in the midst of a pandemic, significant economic dislocations, and social unrest. I wrote my dissertation on Fed policy in the mid-1970s (as well as numerous academic articles and my first book). As part of that ordeal, I read […]