Judge Baldemar Garza issued a direct response to challenger Abel Villarreal Jr.'s campaign attacks, using a social media video to defend his record and question his opponent's reliability. The 229th District Court judge framed his rebuttal around a lesson from his mother. "My mother taught me a lesson I carry every day," Garza began in a video ad. "No puedes tapar el sol con un dedo. You cannot cover the truth with a single finger." The judge addressed criticism about his war

Starr County has spent the last decade clawing its way toward stability and growth, and that makes what is happening with State Loop 195 around Roma even more infuriating. Starr is finally seeing rising GDP, higher property values, and new public investment, while Roma is being positioned as collateral damage in someone else’s version of “progress.” Over roughly the last decade, Starr County has seen measurable economic growth, even if it still lags the state overall. County