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LET THE FED COURTHOUSE SPECIAL, SHINE A LIGHT ON ME..
(Ed.'s Note: One of our readers was walking downtown when they saw a worker sprucing up the lights on the old federal courthouse at the corner of Elizabeth and 12th streets. The courthouse harks back...
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S-WEST KEY MAY PARTNER WITH BISD TO TEACH MIGRANT KIDS
By Alyya SwabiTexas TribuneSouthwest Key Programs Inc., the nonprofit that runs the state's largest operation taking in immigrant children separated from their parents, is considering partnering with...
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B'VILLE PLAYED KEY ROLE IN MAKING PORFIRIO DIAZ DICTATOR
By Juan MontoyaMexican Army general Porfirio Diaz had illusions of grandeur long before he became the 30-year dictator of that country.But in his rise to power from his beginnings in Oaxaca, he took a...
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BROWNTOWN PROTEST OVER TRUMP'S ZERO-TOLERANCE
(Ed.'s Note: You didn't find too many Trump supporters in the crowd protesting his zero-tolerance policies that resulted in the separation of migrant minors from their parents. One of our seven readers...
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AMLO TO FINALLY WIN ON SUNDAY, MEXICO ON MONDAY?
Various SourcesThe PRI has already tried to get the IFE to ban tortillerias from putting campaign slogans for Morena's presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in wake of national polls...
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AMLO FINDS UNEXPECTED SUPPORT IN ENGLISH PARLIAMENT
By Duncan TuckerThe GuardianWhen Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn outperformed expectations in the UK’s recent general election, he upended the country’s political culture and energised a generation of...
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MARTINEZ-GALONSKY CAMPAIGN TO SABOTAGE GBIC CEO ON
By Juan MontoyaWe predicted this would happen.We predicted that Mayor Tony Martinez and his ally on the board of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation Nurith Galonsky (daughter of downtown...
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BEHIND THE SCENES DECEPTION CASTS SUSPICION ON GBIC
"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!"By Juan MontoyaSomeone sold a bill of goods to our pal Jerry McHale in hopes of casting suspicion on the selection process used to...
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FULL MOON OVER IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHEDRAL
(Ed.'s Note: It was built by a French architect who became an Oblate priest (Peter Yves Keralum) with Mexican labor and local building materials, more than 250,000 clay bricks made for the church in...
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GLORIA STREET DRAINAGE BIKE PLAN VAGUE, OPEN-ENDED
By Juan MontoyaWay back on September 11, 2013, Cameron County Drainage District #1 granted the City of Brownsville license to use its drainage easements abutting local properties so it could build its...
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ORACIÓN EN LA VISPERA DEL JUEGO MEXICO VS. BRAZIL
Oración a San Memo de Tadeo en la Vispera Mexico vs. BrazilOh Señor, nuestro Santo, Nuestros jóvenes patriotas, Ídolos de nuestros corazones, Salen a batallar contra los brasileiros ¡Mantente cerca de...
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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO LUPITA CABRERTA? NOW IN D.C.
Special to El Rrun-RrunOne of our favorite scholars hands down has to be Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, who was a researcher and instructor at UT-Brownsville a few years ago.Lupita, as her students and...
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OUR MAN IN MOSCOW, DAN SANCHEZ DOES THE MUNDIAL
(Ed.'s Note: Can you believe that former Cameron County Pct. 4 commissioner Dan Sanchez plunked down his coin and took off with the wife to Russia to see Mexico play in the World Cup 2018? Some people...
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242 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE, A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD
American TuneLyrics by Paul SimonMusic by Johann Sebastian BachMany's the time I've been mistakenAnd many times confusedYes, and often felt forsakenAnd certainly misusedBut I'm all right, I'm all...
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ELIZONDO FACES 11 MORE COUNTS, 15 IN ALL, LOPEZ TO GIVE UP BISD PRESIDENCY?...
Special to El Rrun-RrunMake that 15 counts that former City of Brownsville Fire Department Chief and current Brownsville Independent School District trustee Carlos Elizondo is facing after a Cameron...
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BISD'S BALTAZAR SALAZAR'S PAWPRINTS ALL OVER T.E.C. VIOLATIONS; FINDS FOR...
By Juan MontoyaThe Texas Ethics Commission has found that the Brownsville Taxpayers Political Action Committee formed to defeat former Brownsville Independent School District trustee Catalina...
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MYSTERIOUS SHAKE-UP AT COB HUMAN RESOURCES, TRAFFIC
Special to El Rrun-RrunVarious SourcesJittery City of Brownsville employees in the Human Resources and Traffic departments are mystified at the sudden departure (and arrival in Traffic, of former HR...
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CHANNEL 5'S RICK DIAZ: IT'S NOT CALVARY, IT'S CAVALRY
(Ed.s Note: On today's "Con Mi Gente," section by Rick Diaz on Channel 5 he featured the dedication of a prayer garden in Port Isabel's Lady of the Sea Catholic Church, he totally ignored pointing out...
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RECALLING SUPER'S ROLE IN RING FIASCO NOT DEFENDING HER
"10:51 have you ever even spoken to Dr. (Esperanza) Z(endejas) or even know her? I agree with 3:24 because I have made an effort to check out things for myself and not depend on chisme. Why don't you...
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