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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 ...
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 ...
The mayor and a six-member city commission are selected in nonpartisan elections. [143] 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]
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.
The Brownsville City Commission and Mayor John Cowen Jr. have been recognized as 2024 City Council of the Year by the Texas City Management Association, or TMCA. The city announced the news on Monday.
Oct. 19—Among the developments since the Oct. 5 release of a forensic analysis into the failed Tenaska Brownsville Generating Station project, Brownsville Public Utilities Board Chief Executive ...