Starr County /tags/starr-county Starr County en-US Copyright Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT What do we know about the Texas land offered to Trump for migrant detention centers? /news/2024-12-20/texas-trump-explainer-immigration-border-land-detention-center Texas spent nearly $4 million to buy land for immigrant enforcement. Where is it and what exactly will it be used for? Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-12-20/texas-trump-explainer-immigration-border-land-detention-center Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom If Roe v. Wade is overturned, Texas district attorney offices would become a new battleground /texas-news/2022-04-21/if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned-texas-district-attorney-offices-would-become-a-new-battleground The full and often unchecked power of the prosecutor was on display when a South Texas woman was charged with murder for a self-induced abortion. Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:45:49 GMT /texas-news/2022-04-21/if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned-texas-district-attorney-offices-would-become-a-new-battleground Eleanor Klibanoff | The Texas Tribune Reproductive rights groups sound the alarm after a south Texas woman was arrested for an abortion /health-wellness/2022-04-13/reproductive-rights-groups-sound-the-alarm-after-a-south-texas-woman-was-arrested-for-an-abortion The Rio Grande Valley, often seen as a reliable vote against abortion, has a long history of advocacy to increase access to the procedure. Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:00:00 GMT /health-wellness/2022-04-13/reproductive-rights-groups-sound-the-alarm-after-a-south-texas-woman-was-arrested-for-an-abortion Eleanor Klibanoff | The Texas Tribune DA moves to dismiss a murder charge against a Texas woman accused of a self-induced abortion /texas-news/2022-04-11/da-moves-to-dismiss-a-murder-charge-against-a-texas-woman-accused-of-a-self-induced-abortion Lizelle Herrera, 26, was released from custody Saturday night on $500,000 bond. Then, on Sunday, the DA said the Starr County Sheriff's Department "did their duty in investigating the incident brought to their attention by the reporting hospital." However, he said that this is not a criminal matter under Texas law. Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:08:40 GMT /texas-news/2022-04-11/da-moves-to-dismiss-a-murder-charge-against-a-texas-woman-accused-of-a-self-induced-abortion Pablo De La Rosa, Carolina Cuellar, Dan Katz, Fernando Ortiz Jr. In Starr County, Texas, Trump's Border Wall 'Still Highly Unpopular' /2019-08-02/in-starr-county-texas-trumps-border-wall-still-highly-unpopular Some residents are deeply skeptical of the border wall, fearing it will aggravate flooding problems and cut them off culturally from the Rio Grande river that has defined this landscape. Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:48:56 GMT /2019-08-02/in-starr-county-texas-trumps-border-wall-still-highly-unpopular John Burnett