AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Brownsville Texas. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/brownsville-tx 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/brownsville-tx https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Wed, 15 May 2024 23:09:47 -0500 Brownsville PUB is offers its customers different forms of payment assistance. Check out their BPUB Assistance Program page for more details. Click https://www.americantowns.com/news/city-of-brownsville-news-bpub-offers-assistance-programs-for-payments-31459132-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/city-of-brownsville-news-bpub-offers-assistance-programs-for-payments-31459132-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 On October 4, 2022, the City Commission received and approved the Tenaska Audit’s Executive Summary Report and its supporting full forensic https://www.americantowns.com/news/city-of-brownsville-news-city-of-brownsville-statement-in-response-toapproval-of-the-tenaska-audit-report-31467410-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/city-of-brownsville-news-city-of-brownsville-statement-in-response-toapproval-of-the-tenaska-audit-report-31467410-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that five local financial institutions will receive a total of $445,666,000 https://www.americantowns.com/news/congressman-gonzalez-announces-over-445-million-for-south-texas-financial-institutions-31469467-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/congressman-gonzalez-announces-over-445-million-for-south-texas-financial-institutions-31469467-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Today, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa released the following statement on the election results in the https://www.americantowns.com/news/chairman-hinojosa-releases-statement-on-election-results-of-south-texas-congressional-races-31489082-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/chairman-hinojosa-releases-statement-on-election-results-of-south-texas-congressional-races-31489082-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Vice-Chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, voted for final passage of https://www.americantowns.com/news/congresswoman-escobar-votes-for-fiscal-year-2023-national-defense-authorization-act-31509310-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/congresswoman-escobar-votes-for-fiscal-year-2023-national-defense-authorization-act-31509310-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 The new 34th Congressional District of Texas runs from eastern McAllen to Brownsville and South Padre Island and north to Kingsville Brownsville, TX https://www.americantowns.com/news/congressman-gonzalez-sworn-into-118th-congress-begins-term-as-the-representative-for-the-34thcongressional-district-of-texas-31517091-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/congressman-gonzalez-sworn-into-118th-congress-begins-term-as-the-representative-for-the-34thcongressional-district-of-texas-31517091-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 The City of Brownsville, with the support of City Commissioner At-Large “B”, Dr. Rose Gowen, hosts the second of four tree planting https://www.americantowns.com/news/city-of-brownsville-honors-those-lost-to-covid19-with-more-grove-tree-planting-ceremonies-31528090-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/city-of-brownsville-honors-those-lost-to-covid19-with-more-grove-tree-planting-ceremonies-31528090-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 Click Here to View the Information About City Of Brownsville News : Call for Artists to Create Mural Downtown  https://www.americantowns.com/news/city-of-brownsville-news-call-for-artists-to-create-mural-downtown-31533229-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/city-of-brownsville-news-call-for-artists-to-create-mural-downtown-31533229-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) was selected by his Democratic colleagues on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to serve https://www.americantowns.com/news/congressman-castro-named-ranking-member-of-house-foreign-affairs-subcommittee-on-the-western-hemisphere-31533978-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/congressman-castro-named-ranking-member-of-house-foreign-affairs-subcommittee-on-the-western-hemisphere-31533978-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 The festival opens the last Thursday of February each year during the annual Charro Days holiday. We are a family friendly event catering to multiple https://www.americantowns.com/news/sombrero-festival-2023-31534094-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sombrero-festival-2023-31534094-brownsville-tx.html Arts and Entertainment Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 Charro Days celebrates the spirit of two cultures between the border towns of Brownsville and Matamo Schedule of Events December 3, 2022 7:00 PM - https://www.americantowns.com/news/86th-annual-charro-days-fiesta-31534630-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/86th-annual-charro-days-fiesta-31534630-brownsville-tx.html Arts and Entertainment Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 Governor Greg Abbott today debuted the Laredo Police Department’s (LPD) new Texas Anti-Gang (TAG) Center during a ribbon cutting ceremony in https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-debuts-new-texas-antigang-center-in-laredo-31548988-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-debuts-new-texas-antigang-center-in-laredo-31548988-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 WHEREAS, our Federal government has declared a war on fossil fuels, which is a war on the citizens and economy of Texas; and WHEREAS, our Federal https://www.americantowns.com/news/republican-party-of-texas-resolution-on-fossil-fuels-31551101-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/republican-party-of-texas-resolution-on-fossil-fuels-31551101-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to implement his CHIPS for America Act as https://www.americantowns.com/news/cornyn-warns-against-partisan-chips-implementation-31552302-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/cornyn-warns-against-partisan-chips-implementation-31552302-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) introduced the Don’t Block Our Communities (D-BLOC) Act to address the issue https://www.americantowns.com/news/congresswoman-sylvia-garcia-introduces-the-dont-block-our-communities-act-31554665-brownsville-tx.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/congresswoman-sylvia-garcia-introduces-the-dont-block-our-communities-act-31554665-brownsville-tx.html Government and Politics Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500