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State of Brownsville Address
Some people insist on comparing McAllen to Brownsville, but is this a fair comparison to either city? If you consider, McAllen has the Chamber, the Economic Development Corp. and Convention Visitors Bureau boards operate under the city, while Brownsville...
Harder times are coming
Some say the Federal Reserve did just the right thing by cutting the federal funds interest rate Tuesday by an unexpectedly bold three-quarters of 1 percent, and it just might have kept the plunge in the stock market from being deeper than it was. While...
Being optimistic: GOPs just can't make up their minds
Republican voters are having a hard time settling on presidential candidates, now that the party has three separate winners after its first three major primaries. In Michigan on January 15, Republican Mitt Romney salvaged his political campaign,...
The war for turf: Balance of powers vital for our nation
One of the keys to making our government work properly is the balance of powers. It’s a common mistake to think the president runs the federal government, but he doesn’t. He runs the executive branch. His official influence over the legislative and judicial...
There's no escape
The Dallas Morning News and The Brownsville Herald, in reviewing the year past, chose the same “person of the year.” It was a no-brainer, really, to choose the faceless undocumented immigrant as the person who had the biggest impact on the year’s news. After...
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