High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas’ highest rating. Some in the Rio Grande Valley break that trend.

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Eight migrants dead after dozens swept downriver along Rio Grande

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Gov. Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke agree to debate Sept. 30 in Edinburg

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Texas’ heat index could reach 125 degrees over the next 30 years, study finds

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Laredo confronts drought and water shortage with minimal options

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Drought and record-breaking heat spur a South Texas water crisis

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Greg Abbott agrees to one debate with Beto O’Rourke, but O’Rourke wants more

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Go “Inside the Interim” with Rio Grande Valley-area lawmakers at our free public event

What are Texas legislators in the Rio Grande Valley hearing from their constituents, and what are…

Serving Hispanic Students in Texas: How is higher education stepping up to the task?

Between 2019 and 2021, Texas colleges and universities lost 75,000 students. But despite this drop in…

To stay in Congress, Mayra Flores bets Democratic South Texas is ready for an outspoken conservative

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