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OLIVEIRA'S DWI TRAIL MOVED TO JANUARY 13, 2020
By Juan MontoyaRene Oliveira, the former Texas House District 37 Representative has been granted yet another delay n his trial on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated after his arrest April 28,...
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WHILE FOCUSING ON SOUTHERN BORDER, OVERSTAYS IGNORED
By Miriam JordanNew York TimesSUNNYVALE, Calif. — Eddie Oh, an industrial engineer, lost his job during the financial crisis that gripped South Korea in 1998. With no prospects, he scrounged together...
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BARTON DECRIES PROLIFERATION OF ECO-DEV "MASTER PLANS"
Brownsville Observer Editor with Robin McCaffrey of Needham-McCaffrey & Associates in 2013By Jim BartonBrownsville Observer blogMuch like a Stripes parking lot covered with worthless lottery...
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IF YOU KNEW HARRY MCNAIR, LIKE WE KNEW HARRY....
(Ed.'s Note: This Tuesday, at the City of Brownsville Commission meeting, the commissioners will vote to rename the McNair family Drive back to its original – and historical – East Fronton Street based...
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A BETTER INTERNET IS WAITING FOR US...
By Annalee NewitzNew York TimesSocial media is broken. It has poisoned the way we communicate with each other and undermined the democratic process. Many of us just want to get away from it, but we...
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E. FRONTON RESIDENTS THROW GAUNTLET AT MCNAIRS, CITY
(Ed.'s Note: Today, at the City of Brownsville Commission meeting at city hall, the commissioners will vote to rename the McNair family Drive back to its original – and historical – East Fronton Street...
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MAJORITY KEEPS MCNAIR NAME, IGNORES FRONTON RESIDENTS
(Ed's. Note: In the end, a majority of the City of Brownsville commission decided that they would rather keep the change to McNair family Drive of E. Fronton Drive despite the fact that they followed...
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BORDER PATROL DICTUM: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO...
Special to El Rrun-RrunWe always thought that the difference between local law enforcement and the feds was the latter's strict observance of the laws and regulations guiding their employment and...
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AFTER WORKING HARD ALL DAY, A WAIT FOR THE BUS
(Ed.'s Note: If a picture is worth 1,000 words, this picture speaks volumes about the priorities of the City of Brownsville toward its citizens. If ever a project qualifies as one to improve the...
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SUMAYA: BROWNSVILLE NATIVE PIONEER IN PUBLIC HEALTH
"No prophet is accepted in his own country..." Luke 4:24By Porter Loring MortuarySan AntonioCiro Valent Sumaya M.D., M.P.H.T.M., age 78 entered into eternal rest with his Lord and Savior on December 1,...
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IT'S OFFICIAL: ASST. DISTRICT JUDGE LOUIS SOROLA ON BALLOT
(Ed.'s Note: Cameron County Democratic Chairman Jared Hockema receives Asst. District Judge Louis Sorola's application for a place on the ballot of the 2019 Democratic party primary Wednesday for the...
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WHO IS IT? WHO IS IT? COULD IT BE CHIEF DEPUTY GUS REYNA?
(Ed.'s Note: One of our readers sent us this photo and said that Chief Deputy Gus Reyna had been seen throughout the day Wednesday putting up signs for his boss Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio around...
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JUDGE'S ORDER STOPS RIGHT-WING "WE BUILD THE WALL"
Fisher Industries workers drop pieces of wall into place in May in Sunland Park, N.M., near the U.S.-Mexico border. The project was pursued by a right-wing group, We Build the Wall, which is also...
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E. FRONTON FALLOUT: RESIDENTS "DIALOGUE" WITH JESSIE
(Ed.'s Note: City of Brownsville Commissioner Jessica Tetreau is sure showing a thin skin over E. Fronton Facebook page parodying her vote on the changing of their street name to McNAir family Drive....
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FEDERAL COURT GRANTS GOVT. TRO BASED ON IWBC TREATY
The McAllen MonitorVarious SourcesThe U.S. government Thursday filed a lawsuit against a pro border wall group, asking a court to stop them from building a wall near the U.S.-Mexico border in...
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PLASMA BUSINESS BOOMING IN DOWNTOWN BROWNTOWN...
(Ed.'s Note: There are no large manufacturing plants, no large retail business enterprises, no grocery store, or even a McDonalds in the city's core. But there are three large plasma donor center which...
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MOTHER OF CONVICTED CHILD KILLER ALLEN JOHN RUBIO DIES
Special to El Rrun-RrunHilda Barrientes, the mother of convicted child killer John Allen Rubio who is currently on death row, died Thursday from complications arising from a malignant lung tumor.In...
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OPINION: THE STATS ABSTRACT ROCKS. HERE'S WHY
By Robert J. SamuelsonWashington PostLooking for the perfect holiday gift for someone who’s got everything? Here’s an exotic suggestion: How about the latest edition of the Stat Abstract, which is...
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MOTORCYCLE MAMA SEEKS BAD HOMBRE BIKER VOTE. VROOM
(Ed.'s Note: With two credible challengers to her 16-year tenure as Justice of the Peace 2-1, incumbent Linda Salazar is courting every niche vote she can. Salazar is facing Cyndi Hinojosa and Fred...
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