Legislators Meet In Austin For RGV Medical School

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Members of the Rio Grande Valley Legislative Delegation held a joint news conference at the Texas Capitol today announcing the filing of companion bills in the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives to create a new university in South Texas within The University of Texas System.

The legislation would establish a university in South Texas that includes academic campuses in Cameron and Hidalgo counties and an academic center in Starr County. The new university would also include a school of medicine and the bill stipulates that the medical and research programs of the medical school be conducted across the South Texas region.