By Karen Brooks Harper | The Dallas Morning News (TNS) T exas agencies are warning state leaders that a mandatory budget cut ordered by Republican leaders to help pay for property tax changes next year will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and the taxpayers critical losse...
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B ROWNSVILLE — Jurors on Thursday found Rogelio Martinez, the 21-year-old man accused in the fatal shooting of San Benito police Lt. Milton Resendez, guilty of capital murder. It took the jury three hours and 15 minutes to hand down the verdict that culminated the four-day trial,...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A month after he was accused of striking an inmate in the face, a now-former Hidalgo County detention officer has been charged. Luis Vega, 30, was charged with official oppression, a Class A misdemeanor, on Thursday. A judge set bond at $2,500, ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.” Hegseth, speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America’s Voice News on Wedne...
business
Leader Formulas' Rapture pre-workout was distributed nationwide to retail stores and sold online from Jan. 2025 through May 2026.
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A'ja Wilson won the WNBA MVP on Thursday for a third straight year and record fifth time overall. Besides becoming the first player to three-peat, Wilson also won the award in 2020 and 2022. The 30-year-old Wilson once again led the league in scoring (26.2) while shooting nearly ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday welcomed the Cannery Public Market to Brownsville. The Cannery Public Market is the city's newest hub centered on health and wellness. A partnership with the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley will bring a f...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is partnering with school districts across the Rio Grande Valley to bring live high school football games to viewers with a click. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts from the Harlingen...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried gave up two home runs, the New York Yankees had one taken off the board by fan interference and then their season ended Thursday night with a whimper. After Anthony Volpe's would-be tying homer in the bottom of the sixth inning turned into a double on vi...
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The NFL is urging the Supreme Court to rule on the regulation of prediction markets after the league accounted for $1.8 billion in trading volume on the first Sunday of this season alone, arguing that states are better positioned to oversee sports-related contracts “given the cur...
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By Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Professor and Extension Forage Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension A good system of grazing is one that uses livestock behavior to sustain forage and animal production at a low cost. No single grazing system will be suitable for all locations o...
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Nestor Eduardo Flores A Mercedes man’s murder case was dismissed after state prosecutors determined there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed with the charge. Nestor Eduardo Flores, 29, was charged with the murder of his brother, Jose Gabriel Flores, 43, after allegedly stabbing hi...
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I mmigration courts in various parts of the country are employing various methods to try to reduce the massive case backlog that sometimes add years to the process without good reason. Those efforts have had varying degrees of success, but at least the courts are working to addre...
