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Apr. 25—Three positions are up for grabs in the Brownsville municipal election and voters will decide who will fill the position for Brownsville City Commissioner At Large B, Commissioner ...
May 20—Eight city of Brownsville charter amendment propositions approved by voters in the May 1 election, including propositions having to do with term limits for elected city officials, were ...
Sep. 12—The Brownsville City Commission recently approved two ordinances aimed at asserting some control over how elections go down in the city. One amends Chapter 40, "Elections," in the Code ...
Four members are elected from geographic districts; the remaining two members are elected at-large. Since Brownsville is the county seat of Cameron County, many county offices are in Brownsville. The city's public library system has two branches. [144] The primary law enforcement agency for the city is the Brownsville Police Department.
Avoiding a runoff was Marisa F. Leal, who came in with 56.35% of the vote against Minerva Pena, who garnered 43.65% in a special election for Brownsville Independent School District Board of ...
Blanca Sanchez Vela (May 27, 1936 – February 19, 2014) was an American politician and matriarch of one of the most prominent families in Brownsville, Texas. [1] Vela, who served as the Mayor of Brownsville from 1999 until 2003, was the city's first female mayor. [1] [2] She remains the only woman to hold the mayoral office to date.
May 30—A proposal to replace Brownsville's two existing economic development organizations (EDOs) with a single Municipal Development District (MDD) might have had a better change of success if ...
Aug. 23—Twelve candidates including four incumbents and four former board members have received their ballot positions and are running for the Brownsville Independent School District Board of ...