The latest defection, of a prominent county judge to the Republican Party, signals how much the region’s politics and Hispanic voters there are changing.

Like Texas lawmakers, Americans are split on whether they want to adopt standard time or daylight saving year-round. Nearly half say they would prefer to have standard time the entire year, and 24% say they would prefer daylight saving time all year, Gallup reported. The rest would prefer to keep the status quo.

The previously mentioned fire weather watch has now been updated to a red flag warning for multiple South Texas counties on Saturday, March 8.

A teen transporting migrants led the Texas Department of Public Safety on a pursuit, state police said. At about 2:55 p.m. March 6, a trooper attempted to pull over a 2009 Lincoln sport utility vehicle for a traffic violation near Aquero Boulevard in the Mines Road area.

The 35th edition of Laredo’s MATHCOUNTS winners were announced this past week after 200 middle school students from local middle schools competed Feb. 13 at Texas A&M International University. MATHCOUNTS was an all-day event in the TAMIU’s Student Center Ballroom.

RGISC and partners urged Texas lawmakers to reform the State Revolving Fund for fair water infrastructure investments.

National Weather Service announced that multiple South Texas counties will be under a fire weather watch on Saturday, March 8.

Texas's trade relationship with Mexico has supported hundreds of thousands of jobs and brought in billions in capital investment to the state.

Texas National Guard members are being sent to the southern border to help Border Patrol agents stop illegal crossings and enforce immigration laws.

A partnership between Standard Real Estate Investments and Brennan Investment Group will develop a 433,000-square-foot industrial facility in the Rio Grande Valley city of Laredo. The site is located within Pinnacle Business Park,