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A drug smuggler who cooperated with the government avoided prison Monday. Antonio Ramirez Robledo, 57, of Progreso participated in a conspiracy to ship large ...

The Texas GOP knows the risk. In the 2010s, the Republican-controlled Legislature drew political lines that helped pad the ...

As the Trump administration intensifies deportation activity around the country, some immigrants — including many who have ...

Text from the APNews story, As Trump’s raids ramp up, a Texas region’s residents stay inside — even when they need medical ...

On Tuesday, July 15, U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton sentenced Dominga “Penny” Ledesma, 53, of Raymondville — a rural ...

Officials with the city of McAllen, in the Rio Grande Valley, held a grand opening celebration for Camp McAllen, a new ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Rio Grande in Albuquerque at Tingley Beach and Central is bone dry. Farmers, who depend on this water source, will soon be feeling those effects.

President Trump has said he wants a "simple redrawing" of Texas' congressional map where Republicans pick up five seats.

It’s dinnertime for this brand-new pair of chachalaca chicks, and the twins eagerly snatch proffered tidbits from their parents’ beaks. Although the ...

De La Cruz, who entered the House in 2023, represents a majority-Hispanic district that has seen critical shifts to the Right in recent years.

A special session of the Texas Legislature will address the deadly floods in Hill Country, but the fireworks will come from ...