The State of Texas has approved $237 million for a new International Bridge Trade Corridor highway that will connect several South Texas ports of entry to better foster trade with Mexico.

As Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation in the Texas Legislature, I have had the privilege of working toward improving our ability to deliver road projects in the Rio Grande Valley.

Today, Governor Greg Abbott called on the Texas Transportation Commission and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to allocate $150 million in the Unified Transportation Program to support construction of the International Bridge Trade Corridor (IBTC) project in Hidalgo County.

Locally elected prosecutors who do not enforce certain laws could be removed from office under a bill approved by the Texas House of Representatives on Friday. The bill passed 97-51, and will now move to the Senate.

Yesterday, Texas State Representative Terry Canales (D-Edinburg) filed a package of bills introduced for the 88th Texas Legislative Session dealing with strengthening benefits for first responders and Texas law enforcement who are hurt while on the job.

Today, Texas State Representative Terry Canales (D-Edinburg) was reappointed to serve as Chairman of the powerful Texas House Committee on Transportation by Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan.

Today, Texas State Representative Terry Canales (D-Edinburg) filed his first package of bills introduced for the upcoming 88th Texas Legislative Session.

Texas Department of Transportation officials briefed state lawmakers on the status of the troubled Harbor Bridge project during a heated public hearing in Corpus Christi on Thursday, more than two months since the state agency indefinitely halted work on the bridge’s main span.

Today, the Texas Transportation Commission, the five-member governing body of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), approved the 2023 Uniform Transportation Program (UTP), scheduling approximately $2.5 billion to be allocated to the Pharr TxDOT District for transportation infrastructure over the next 10 years. The region includes the following counties: Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, Willacy, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Brooks, and Kenedy.

At first recollection, the yellow school buses of our childhood may bring back some fond memories. As the fog of nostalgia clears, you remember the worn vinyl seats, the windows glued shut and the smell of burning diesel.