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Sunday, May 15, 2011  Early voting results in the race for Brownsville Mayor in the May 14th City Election pointed to a clear leader. With 3,259 of the total 5,962 early votes – Martinez had won 55 percent of the early vote.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011  Licensed LVN Humberto Gonzalez tells Action 4 News he feels the City of Brownsville does not have enough ambulances to service the population.

Saturday, January 08, 2011  Distributing 200 hundred recycling bins throughout Brownsville was the goal Saturday morning. City leaders said residents have asked for a recycling program for years so they launched a pilot program to evaluate if residents would actually participate.

Thursday, September 09, 2010  Under new changes to the ban on plastic bags in Brownsville, shoppers will be charged an extra dollar for every transaction in which they use plastic bags after the ban goes into effect.