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Brownsville, Texas is located in Cameron County. Zip codes in Brownsville, TX include 78522, 78523, and 78526. The median home price in Brownsville is $135,000. More Brownsville information.

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10 hrs ago | Fox News

Family of former Marine kidnapped in Mexico speaks out, hope he's alive

Armando Torres, 27, and two other family members have been reported missing in Mexico by his family after crossing the border to visit his dad.

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23 hrs ago | MySanAntonio.com

Bill creating new Valley university heads to governor

Lawmakers from Hidalgo and Cameron counties saw their compromise on a bill creating a new University of Texas institution in the Rio Grande Valley pay off Wednesday as the Senate unanimously concurred with the latest version of the bill.

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Wed May 22, 2013

KTEN-TV Denison

Defense begins in Texas judicial bribery scandal

Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos was called to testify after federal prosecutors rested in his corruption trial.

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KTEN-TV Denison

Senate approves new Rio Grande university

State lawmakers have approved creating a new university in South Texas that is projected to serve more than 28,000 students and include a medical school.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Fox News

Former US Marine kidnapped in Mexico, family says

Armando Torres, 27, and two other family members have been reported missing in Mexico by his family after crossing the border to visit his dad.

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Mon May 20, 2013

The Miami Herald

Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform

Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Star Tribune

Moving to U.S. can be harmful to your health

Esther Angeles, 41, who developed diabetes after moving to the United States, ate lunch with her daughter, Johanna Marisol Gomez, 7, in Brownsville, Texas.

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Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Coastal Bend Military Notes: 05.18.13

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Rear Adm. Kevin Cook, the new 8th District commander, visited and addressed Coast Guard members stationed at Sector Corpus Christi May 9, located at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Progress Times

County water concerns not over

Current Conditions: Fair, 89 F Forecast: Fri - Sunny. High: 92 Low: 75 Sat - Partly Cloudy.

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Mon May 13, 2013

KRGV

Corruption trial starts for former Texas DA

A former South Texas prosecutor facing corruption charges was essentially a "district attorney on retainer" who used his discretion in exchange for cash, federal prosecutors told jurors Monday while laying out their case against the one-time aspiring congressman.

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WHIO

Report scrutinizes new Border Patrol punishments

A widely touted Border Patrol initiative to send migrants back to Mexico far from the points they are caught entering the U.S. illegally has one of the worst track records at discouraging people from trying again, according to a new study that offers a detailed assessment of how the agency's new enforcement strategies are working.

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KTEN-TV Denison

Corruption trial set for former Texas prosecutor

Prosecutors say a former South Texas district attorney and 1-time candidate for Congress used the power of his position to profit.

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Sun May 12, 2013

University Business

Regents Want to Keep UTB at Current Site

The regents passed a motion that said maintaining the university's downtown location would "result in a compact urban campus and is the preferred location for the campus." The motion also authorizes the executive director of real estate to execute a contract with Texas Southmost College in which the University of Texas at Brownsville would lease ... (more)

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El Paso Times

In brief: Binational art exhibit opens in June in El Paso, Ju rez

More than 40 artists from the U.S.-Mexico border have been selected for the concurrent exhibits "III Bienal Ciudad Juarez-El Paso Biennial 2013." The exhibits, subtitled "Tijuana to Brownsville: Contemporary Art Along the Border," will run together June 2 through Aug.

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Fri May 10, 2013

MySanAntonio.com

House panel rejects Hinojosa language for Valley medical school

A House panel on Friday scuttled a controversial plan being pushed by Sen. Juan Hinojosa , D-McAllen, to locate the first two years of medical education in Hidalgo County as part of a proposal to create a new mega university in the Rio Grande Valley.

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Business Journal

UT System regents eyeing land in South Texas for expanded UT Brownsville camps

The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved lease negotiations between UT Brownsville and Texas Southmost College that will help ease the split into two separate campuses.

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Thu May 09, 2013

Texas Tribune

School Breakfast Bill Passes House

Elementary school students eat breakfast to start the day at Paint Creek school in Haskell County, Texas on September 22, 2011.

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El Paso Times

Texas county shaken as migrant deaths rise

At the Sacred Heart Burial Park in Brooks County, the graves of dead migrants spread across three sections of the cemetery, topped with plastic carnations and simple aluminum markers staked into the dust.

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The Westerner

Border Violence Spillover to the U.S. Needs to Be Acknowledged

One early morning in mid-January of 2013, JesAos JuAĦrez opened the front door of his Brownsville, Texas home and saw a package.

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BroadwayWorld.com

'Spare Not the Rod' is Released

In his fast-paced new novel " Spare Not the Rod " , author Leonard Tolbert explores the themes of friendship, loyalty and growing up in a story filled with adventure, humor, tragedy, action and the phenomenon of Texas high school football.

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