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.

It is time for the Texas Legislature to invest in our retired teachers and educators by providing new funding for a substantial, meaningful cost-of-living adjustment during the upcoming legislative session.

Although he faces no opposition this year for election to a sixth two-year term, his efforts on behalf of law enforcement and protecting citizens from criminals has drawn praise for Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, from CLEAT, which is the largest police labor organizations in Texas. 

On November 22, 2021, Representative Terry Canales, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation in the Texas House of Representatives, was appointed to serve a 4-year term on the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission by Speaker of the House Dade Phelan.

Proposition 2 on November’s ballot addresses the growth and planning challenges we all see so clearly: the roughly 1,000 new Texans a day aren’t bringing their own roads and bridges with them!

This cycle South Texas is projected to receive a windfall of infrastructure dollars, amounting to over $2.2 billion for the next 10 years. For comparison, in 2015 South Texas was only scheduled to receive $596 million for the following 10 years. That’s a 270% increase in South Texas infrastructure funding. You, me, and every South Texas resident has a reason to celebrate this victory, and here is why.

“Our government should not be in a position to decide what is good for us to know and what is not good for us to know. Taxpayers have an absolute right to see how their money is spent. We must repair and strengthen the Texas Public Information Act to ensure accountability and transparency in Texas government.”