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AG Paxton Leads 11-State Coalition in Brief to Prevent Texas from Becoming a...

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Texas Border Business Austin, Texas – Leading an 11-state coalition, Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals...

Breaking NEWS: TxDot Announces $82 Million In Grants For Public Transportation 

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    Texas Border Business Awards will go to service providers across the state AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation has announced $82 million in grants to...

A look inside Fourth of July at the White House

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Texas Border Business On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence. A quarter-century later, in 1801, President Jefferson would...

“48 Texas Gas Stations Agree to Refund Consumers for Hurricane Harvey Price Gouging,” Texas...

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Texas Border Business AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that his Consumer Protection Division finalized settlements with 48 Texas gas stations accused of...
Dr. Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, associate professor in the UTRGV Department of Information Systems, has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) to travel to Ghana to work with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) School of Business. Andoh-Baidoo will work on collaborative research with Dr. David Asamoah, of KNUST, to organize seminars and workshops for graduate students and faculty of the School of Business and the faculty of other, private universities affiliated with KNUST. (UTRGV Photo by Silver Salas)

Information Systems professor selected for Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

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Texas Border Business By Amanda L. Alaniz Rio Grande Valley, Texas – Dr. Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, associate professor in the UTRGV Department of Information Systems, has...
Lucero Rodriguez, president of the UTRGV Latino Theatre Initiatives, stands on a chair to pose with the UTRGV mojigangas, enormous puppets the student organization made this spring. The group is including the 11-foot-tall puppets in a play they’ll be performing in October in Brownsville and Edinburg. In the play, a girl’s homemade dolls come to life. (UTRGV Photo by Maria Elena Hernandez)

Student Theatre Group Reaching New Heights … Literally

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Giant puppets wow children at performances Texas Border Business By Maria Elena Hernandez Rio Grande Valley, Texas – It’s hard not to notice the latest additions to...

McAllen Public Library Celebrates Anti-Boredom Month

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Texas Border Business McAllen Public Library will celebrate Anti-Boredom Month with a series of programs throughout the month of July called “Beat Boredom at MPL.”...
Kassie Zapata, a UTRGV junior from Donna, will be making her third appearance in Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Wednesday, July 4, at Coney Island, New York. The kinesiology major – ranked at No. 43 in the world by Major League Eating – will be competing for a third time in what has become one of the most unique annual sporting competitions in the world, as she once again faces off with the world’s top competitive eaters. To watch Zapata take on her hungry competitors, you can tune in to ESPN Networks for live coverage. The women’s competition, can be seen on ESPN3/ESPN APP at 10:50 a.m. EDT/9:50 a.m. CDT. (Courtesy Photo)

UTRGV Student Making third Appearance at Famous July 4 Hot Dog Eating Contest

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Texas Border Business By Melissa Vasquez Rio Grande Valley, Texas – UTRGV junior Kassie Zapata is just fine with the fact that it’s a dog eat...

5th Annual FridaFest

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Texas Border Business The City of Edinburg invites the community to the 5th Annual Fridafest, a festival that celebrates renowned Mexican Artist, Frida Kahlo as...

Paxton Names Former Supreme Court Clerk Zina Bash Senior Counsel on His Executive Leadership...

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Texas Border Business Austin, Texas – Attorney General Ken Paxton today named Zina Bash senior counsel on the executive leadership team of his office. Previously,...
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