Legal immigrants begin losing Medicaid under new law
The Congressional Budget Office estimates roughly 1 million lawfully present immigrants could lose ACA subsidy eligibility by 2034.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates roughly 1 million lawfully present immigrants could lose ACA subsidy eligibility by 2034.
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A n 18-year-old Pharr man was arrested Thursday morning after fatally shooting a 26-year-old man in the abdomen. At about 10:15 a.m., Pharr police responded to a family-related disturbance in the 1200 block of East Serenidad Drive, according to a news release. Once there, police ...
schools
L A JOYA — Between a busy schedule of being active in almost every organization in school and competing in athletics such as baseball, Nathan Montelongo, a seventh grader at De Zavala Middle School, found time for a project to reduce microplastics in river water. That curiosity a...
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Students from Harlingen’s Lee H. Means Elementary Fine Arts Academy who will be presenting “Trolls The Musical Jr.” pose for a photo on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (Courtesy: Sandra Luna) H ARLINGEN — The Trolls and the Bergens are on the move. They’ve all made peace but, alas, som...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - A young Brownsville woman is accused of hiding her underaged boyfriend at her house. Mikayla Renee Medina, who is 17 years old, is charged with harboring a runaway child - a class A misdemeanor. Brownsville police say she hid her 16-year-old boy...
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B rownsville songwriter and podcaster Lorenzo Lopez is getting ready to take The Lorenzini Show on the road, saying he has 40 original songs ready to perform at clubs and venues around the Rio Grande Valley. The Lorenzini Show is a podcast that airs occasionally from Lopez’s reco...
government
B rownsville is putting the breaks on illegal tire disposal that leads to health hazards like mosquito-borne illnesses and soil and water contamination. A new ordinance went into effect Thursday that brings tire businesses into alignment with storage standards that officials say ...
government
E DINBURG — With early voting right around the corner, the Advocacy Alliance Center of Texas, or AACT NOW is launching its “Rally the Vote” initiative in an effort to increase voter turnout in the Rio Grande Valley. Local leaders, organizations and community partners from Hidalgo...
schools
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - Tonight's Lyford High School football game location has been changed. The varsity football game between the Lyford Bulldogs and the Bishop Badgers has been relocated to Odem High School's Owl Stadium. The game will still start at 7 p.m. and fans...
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Because he grew up playing hockey with and against Johnny Gaudreau in their teenage years, Vincent Conanan talks about the late NHL star plenty. He gets chills when old text messages from Gaudreau show up when he's searching his phone. Conanan buys thoroughbred yearlings annually...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - The combination of a slow moving, weak frontal boundary and lots of tropical moisture are combining to keep rain chances high for the Rio Grande Valley. Most of the Valley has received at least a little rain over the past 24 hours, with some are...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Jeff Van Note, a six-time Pro Bowl center who spent all 18 seasons of his NFL career with Atlanta and was inducted into the team's Ring of Honor in 2006, has died, the Falcons announced Friday. He was 80. The team did not announce a cause of death. “We mourn the lo...
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WATFORD, England (AP) — Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota will get his second straight start in place of the injured Jayden Daniels on Sunday when Washington faces the Indianapolis Colts at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Head coach Dan Quinn announced the decision Friday after pr...
