Mission City Council to discuss attorney’s resignation, replacement
The Mission City Council may accept its city attorney’s resignation Monday and discuss appointing someone to replace him with. Mission hired Victor Flores as city attorney in January of 2023 after the resignation of Gus Martinez. Flores said Friday evening that he and Mayor Norie Gonzalez Garza had talked the previous afternoon about his resignation,…
Read MoreMcAllen ISD board approves schoolyard forests agreement with city, Quinta
After some pointed questions for Quinta Mazatlan Executive Director Colleen Hook, the McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees approved Monday an interlocal agreement with the city and Quinta that could pave the way for $2.7 million worth of trees coming the district’s way. That money would come from a Texas A&M Forest Service grant…
Read MoreMcAllen school board approves calendar after criticism
With significant difficulty, McAllen ISD trustees approved Monday a calendar that will move the district’s start date up by about a week next year and spread out teacher planning days more evenly throughout the school year. The board only very narrowly managed to approve a calendar; it spent most of the discussion bickering over holidays.…
Read MoreCity of Mission liquidity concerns persisted through 2023
Correspondence and documents obtained through open records requests shows that liquidity issues in 2023 rippled further through the city of Mission’s operations than last summer’s deferral of economic development corporation payments. Signs of cash flow issues popped up on at least one occasion before and after when the city says those funds were deferred. According…
Read MoreFacing $20 million cumulative deficit, McAllen ISD begins budget work
For the third year in a row, McAllen ISD leadership is staring down the barrel of a difficult budget process for the 2024-2025 school year. The district is facing an unaddressed $6.2 million budget deficit for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. To compound that issue, McAllen ISD projects a budget deficit of $13.8 million for the…
Read MoreMcAllen ISD: Yebra removed as coach, Rowe must forfeit basketball games
The University Interscholastic League’s 31-5A District Executive Committee determined Wednesday that James “Nikki” Rowe’s boys basketball team let an ineligible player take the court and determined the team had to forfeit all games in which that player took part, according to McAllen ISD. According to the district, that decision followed an internal investigation that found…
Read MoreSullivan City picks new city secretary
Sullivan City’s city council named Aliza Salinas city secretary Monday. Salinas, 23, is an in-house hire. She started working at city hall as an assistant in October. Prior to joining the city, Salinas worked at La Joya ISD for about a year, a month of that time as a special education assistant. Before that she…
Read MoreSullivan City says town’s gas station not permitted to operate
Sullivan City says the town’s gas station — its only one — lacks permits required to operate and to the best of the city’s knowledge has in fact never been permitted to operate, though city hall means to fix that. The store, a Stripes, has been operational for at least five years, according to city…
Read MoreTEA installs board of managers, new superintendent at La Joya ISD
The Texas Education Agency installed a board of managers and a new superintendent to lead La Joya ISD Thursday after years of corruption at the school district. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath described the move as a last resort for the state, but one that’s justified in the case of La Joya. “First of all…
Read MoreTEA installs board of managers, new superintendent at La Joya ISD
The Texas Education Agency installed a board of managers and a new superintendent to lead La Joya ISD Thursday after years of corruption at the school district. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath described the move as a last resort for the state, but one that’s justified in the case of La Joya. “First of all…
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