Texas Crop and Weather Report Egg prices have dropped sharply from last year’s record highs as national laying flocks continue to recover from widespread losses tied to highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, said Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. Retail eggs averaged $2.50 per dozen in the latest Consumer Price Index report, down 58% from a year ago and…

By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune March 25, 2026 McALLEN — City and county leaders in the Rio Grande Valley have for years frequently stressed the importance of attracting high-skill, high-paying jobs to the region. Their efforts to attract new industry have been rooted in the desire to raise the Valley out of the poverty…

By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune March 25, 2026 The state quietly shuttered a jail booking facility in Val Verde County last summer that had operated as a hub of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border crackdown, state officials acknowledged Tuesday. Texas officials had opened two such sites for the governor’s border initiative, which…

SHER ON INTERCONCEPTION/PRECONCEPTION HEALTH, EDUCATION AND CARE Worried about a ‘baby bust’? Then prevent pregnancy ‘wastage’  Dr Jonathan Sher – is an IJBPE Contributing Editor and Founding Partner of Scotland’s Coalition for Healthier  Pregnancies, Better Lives while the former Deputy Director of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland.  REFERENCES  British Medical Journal  Feature (2023) Folic acid: …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has received an American 15-point plan for a ceasefire for the Iran war through intermediaries from Pakistan, officials in Islamabad said Wednesday. The proposal was sent even as Washington began to move paratroopers to the Middle East to back up a contingent of Marines already heading there. Read…