Published: Nov. 3, 2019, 1 a.m.
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MCALLEN, RGV - This week\\u2019s news-wrap looks at the week ending Nov. 2, 2019.\\xa0
Among the topics discussed with Rio Grande Guardian editor Steve Taylor are:
- The life of a campesino in rural M\\xe9xico;
- The Texas Border Coalition\\u2019s efforts to ensure a complete census count along the Texas-M\\xe9xico border;
- Greater Brownsville Incentive Corporation\\u2019s \\u2018We Grow Our Own\\u2019 program;
- Greater McAllen Realtors\\u2019 look at Opportunity Zones;
- This year\\u2019s Constitutional Amendments for Texas, and in particular Propositions 2, 5, and 8;
- The Texas Department of Transportation\\u2019s Border Transportation Master Plan;
- The Texas Senate\\u2019s interim charges;
- Rio Grande Valley Metropolitan Planning Authority\\u2019s October board meeting;
- Doctors Hospital at Renaissance\\u2019s Paths Program;
- South Texas College\\u2019s 2019 Innovation Conference;
- Rolando Vela\\u2019s optimism about a second causeway for South Padre Island;
- The opening of a new IDEA school in Harlingen;
- The Rio Grande Guardian\\u2019s sponsorship of a soccer team in Reynosa.\\xa0
To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
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