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Former La Joya Mayor Jose A. “Fito” Salinas will face a jury alone on July 19. Two other people charged in the La Joya corruption case — the mayor’s daughter, Frances A. Salinas, and former La Joya Housing Authority Maintenance Director Ramiro Alaniz — pleaded guilty. During a hearing last week, U.S. District Judge Randy…

The Agua Special Utility District board rejected a plan to increase water and sewer rates last week. During a meeting on July 1, the utility board voted 3-2 not to implement the third year of a five-year plan to increase rates. “When I ran back in 2016, one of the things that I promised the…

“This article appeared in the July 2 issue of the Progress Times.” Sharyland Administration presented their proposed plan for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds at the June 22 school board meeting. They broke down the use of funds by function and dollar amount. And although it was not an item the trustees…

“This article appeared in the July 2 issue of the Progress Times.” Mission CISD school board President Minnie Rodgers said she had a farewell speech prepared for when the new board president was voted into office, but she didn’t have the opportunity to read it. Two different motions to reorganize the trustees failed at the…

“This article appeared in the July 2 issue of the Progress Times.” Following a public hearing on June 22, the SISD board of trustees approved the $129,223,777 budget for the upcoming school year. There was a 2 percent decrease in total revenues from the last school year because of a decrease in average daily attendance,…

“This article appeared in the July 2 issue of the Progress Times.” Mission CISD approved the $189.3 million budget for the 2021-2022 school year and increased employee pay grades between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent. The trustees voted in favor of the proposals at the June 23 school board meeting. As far as budget, three…

This article appeared in the July 2 issue of the Progress Times. The Agua Special Utility District provided the FBI with nearly 1,300 pages of documents last month, when the utility district responded to a federal grand jury subpoena. Agua SUD released the documents — audits, contracts, utility board meeting minutes and other records —…

“This article appeared in the July 2 issue of the Progress Times.” Of the 72 total drainage projects the City of Mission identified in their drainage assessment plan, seven of those are considered high priority. Those seven projects involve work on Stewart, Elm, Esperanza, Gabriel, Leandro, Tulip and Glasscock roads. City staff identified the high…

“This article appeared in the July 2 issue of the Progress Times.” Concerned about a potential conflict of interest, the Palmhurst City Council rejected calls to approve a contract with Med-Care EMS on Monday — and inked a deal with Hidalgo County instead. People who opposed the agreement between Palmhurst and Hidalgo County packed City…