Podcast: Border News Wrap for weekending Nov. 2, 2019

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