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La Joya City Government Activity – FY 2024 Financial Report and FY 2026‑2027 Budget Proposal

Recent city actions include an audited 2024 financial report, a proposed 2026‑27 budget, a park trail upgrade, and a state grant to the school district.

Drafted Oct 13, 2026 · 4 sources · AI summary, check the sources →
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News — La Joya & the Valley archive & search

Reporting from six Valley outlets — KRGV, Telemundo 40, ValleyCentral, Border Report, The Monitor, and Progress Times. La Joya stories first. Their content, linked and attributed. Spanish-language stories are AI-translated and labeled — the link always opens the original.

Progress Times
Rattlers host Huskies in key district matchup
With the final month of the 5A-2 Region IV District 16 schedule on the horizon, the Sharyland High Rattlers host the La Joya Juarez- Lincoln Huskies tonight in what could have major implications for the outcome of the district. Both teams are riding a wave of confidence following last week’s slate of games, and…
Oct 16, 2026
KRGV Channel 5
La Joya ISD receives over $350K state grant for new HVAC training lab
La Joya ISD received over $350,000 from the Texas Workforce Commission to build a new HVAC training lab in partnership with South Texas College.
Oct 12, 2026
ValleyCentral CBS 4
Week 8: Mission at McAllen Memorial, La Joya Palmview at McHi on ValleyCentral+
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is partnering with school districts across the Rio Grande Valley to bring live high school football games to viewers with a click. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts from the Harlingen, Brownsville, Weslaco, and McAllen school districts. Throughout the football season, we [...]
Oct 12, 2026
Progress Times
Two Big 7 Squads Duel Before District
Non-district finale: La Joya at Sharyland As the non-district portion of the 2026-27 high school football season concludes, it represents a final opportunity for two Big 7 programs to make adjustments before the district gauntlet. For the Sharyland Rattlers (1-2) and La Joya Coyotes (2-1), Week 4 grants these squads the opportunity to…
Sep 18, 2026
Progress Times
Survey shows La Joya ISD favorability decreases as students age
A climate and culture survey showed La Joya ISD families feel welcomed and respected, but favorability declines as their child gets older. ​ The LJISD administration already has a plan to improve confidence at the secondary level and address three other problem areas the questionnaire exposed. ​ In May, the La Joya school district…
Sep 1, 2026
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Telemundo 40 · video Español
Program offers free essential items for babies in the Valley
Oct 27, 2026 · translated from Spanish by AI — the link opens the original
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KRGV Channel 5 · video
WATCH LIVE: Take 5 - Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Oct 27, 2026

This week's city services

schedules & details
Solid waste collection
Residential and commercial trash is collected by WasteConnections. Check the City’s collection map for the schedule in your neighborhood. For construction pr… more
Brush collection
WasteConnections provides regular brush (tree‑limb) pickup. If you have a larger volume, you can request an on‑call collection by contacting the PUD Billing D… more
La Joya Central

Your city, in one place

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The Money — budget, taxes, audits
5,257
The People — ages, incomes, Social Security
1990
History — the city since 1990
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Trash & brush — schedules & reporting
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Events — meetings & the calendar
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Documents — budgets, minutes, notices
The money

Public money, explained

Unmodified (clean)
Audit opinion
Year ended September 30, 2024

Auditors state the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position.

official document verified in source retrieved 2026-08-31

Where does the money go? See the full breakdown

Living here

What La Joya looks like

5,257
people live here
2025 · source
verified in source
$0.8M
sales tax paid to the city
2025 · source
verified in source
12
sworn police officers
2025 · source
verified in source
1.7
violent crimes per 1,000 residents
2025 · source
computed by us from the cited figures

Ages, incomes, Social Security — see it all