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PUB WITHHOLDS INFORMATION ON ITS $1.3 MILLION LOSS
By Juan MontoyaBrownsville Public Utility Board CEO John Bruciak knows.Anna Oquin, chairperson of the PUB board knows.PUB's contract lawyers and board counsel know.And the auditor who presented the...
View ArticleSAN BENE ISD SUPER FIRES MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR
Special to El Run-RrunSix years ago, in 2014, a former San Benito ISD superintendent fired maintenance department director David Garcia.Following an outcry in the community, the superintendent was...
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WHAT HAPPENED TO OQUIN AFTER HER PUB APPOINTMENT?
By Juan MontoyaEven before she ran for the board of the Brownsville Independent School District, hamburger mogul Ana Hernandez-Oquin was a frequent speaker during he public comment section of the...
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LAREDO'S STRICT COVID-19 MEASURES TO STOP SPREAD TO U.S.
By Arelis R. HernandezThe Washington PostLAREDO — Leaders in this border city have implemented some of the strictest coronavirus control measures of any in America — with curfews, anti-gathering orders...
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OOPS! MISSED ALL THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE COMING DOOM
The OnionWASHINGTON—In a very serious and damning new report published Wednesday, a government watchdog group has found that, as early as January, White House officials failed to heed repeated warnings...
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5TH COVID-19 RELATED DEATH, 279 CASES: BELIEVE IT NOW?
(Ed.'s Note: It appears that the exponential contagion predicted for South Texas as the COVID-19 plague spreads through the country is reaching its full bloom here. Just a month ago (March 18) there...
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CANTU AND OLIVEIRA TOKEN DEMS IN ABBOTT'S STRIKE FORCE
Special to El Rrun-RrunThank God we're saved!We have just learned that two members of the advisory board of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Strike Force to Open Texas are from South Texas.The strike force is...
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FARM LABOR MAKES MILLIONS FOR TEXAS, LITTLE IN RETURN
"Republicans are okay with more deaths. That is who they are. Not a peep about helping the farmworker. They are hollow people, shorn of emotion and decency."CommenterTexas Onion Production:The majority...
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HOW DID PIZZA, CAR WASHES AND LATTES BECOME ESSENTIAL?
Special to El Rrun-RrunEven before the Shelter in PLace and Stay at Home orders had been issued and flicked on the computer screens, the list of "essential" services was maddenly vague.Were restaurants...
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WHERE IS RAFAEL MORALES? SLEEPING AT OLD CEMETERY
Special to El Rrun-RrunDid a bullet save him?Many notables are buried at the Old Brownsville Cemetery and one of those isRafael Morales, who lived a fast-paced and colorful life even by the standards...
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PUB USES CRISIS TO IGNORE PIA, COVER UP $1.3 MILLION LOSS
By Christopher CollinsThe Texas ObserverThanks to the COVID-19 pandering and opportunistic public servants, government agencies now have carte blanche to operate in secret for as long as this crisis...
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A PRAYER FOR ALL OF US
Heal those who are sick with the virus. May they regain their strength and health through quality medical care. Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations from working together and neighbors from...
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SIGN STEALING HAS BEEN PART OF THE BASEBALL TRADITION
By Pete AvilaSpecial to El Rrun-RrunRuss Athletic Club All-StarAfter more than six decades of playing baseball, fast-pitch fastball, and coaching kids in the intricacies of the game, Pete Avila has a...
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TAMPS. GOV. SUES MEXICAN GOVT. FOR HELP WITH DEPORTEES
Special to El Rrun-RrunTamaulipas Governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca has filed a request before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) based on an urgent constitutional controversy...
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THE GUARDIAN: LESS ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE MEANS MORE LATINOS END UP AS...
By Maanvi Singh and Mario KoranThe GuardianLatinos across the US are disproportionately getting sick from coronavirus, in some regions being infected and hospitalized at up to three times the rate of...
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MAKE AMERICA COVID-19 INFECTED AGAIN, DAG NAMMIT!
Steve Sack has been editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 1981. He has won virtually every award in his field, including the Pulitzer Prize in 2013. He was also a Pulitzer...
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WILL CVS, AUTREY'S, WALMART AND HEB FOLLOW SUIT?
The OnionIn an effort to better protect all customers during the Covid-19 pandemic, retail pharmacy chain Walgreens introduced new dumbass-only shopping hours Thursday for dipshits who don’t know how...
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USA LEADS WORLD IN COVID-19 CASES, DEATHS: TRUMP'S ANSWER? SUSPEND...
(Click on graphics to enlarge.)Ed.s Note: Here's another example of Trump's knee-jerk logic (or illogic) showing his decisions on COVID-19 - or just about any other national challenge - are based more...
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