Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) to compel major water users, including data centers, to comply with water use reporting requirements and to impose legal consequences for past and future failure to comply with state law.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $25,167,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine concealed in a shipment manifested as cabbage, tomatillo, and cilantro.

McAllen resident and cancer survivor Elvia Gibbs will travel to Washington, D.C., to join hundreds of cancer patients, survivors and families from across the United States to urge Congress to make the fight against cancer a national priority.

The cases include charges against 21 individuals—nine of whom are illegal aliens—allegedly involved in human smuggling. A total of 36 criminal complaints were filed for illegal entry, while another 150 people face charges of felony reentry after prior removal. Most of those individuals have prior felonies related to narcotics, violent crime, immigration offenses, and more. The remaining five cases charged this week relate to other immigration-related crimes.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Laredo Port of Entry, held its annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony to honor the victims, survivors, first responders and all those affected by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

For the second time in recent weeks, Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued illegal aliens who had been locked inside a freight car by smugglers

Hiram Flores, a 2021 graduate of Grulla High School, has achieved a historic milestone for his school and community, graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point and beginning his career as a U.S. Army officer.

 A federal bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Mónica De La Cruz, R-Edinburg, seeks to establish something Rio Grande Valley veterans have sought for years: a full-service U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in South Texas.

Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva M. Guzman closed the Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Latina Leadership Conference on Thursday with a deeply personal message about resilience, drawing on her journey from a working-class Houston family to the state’s highest civil court and the political disappointments that followe

Latina entrepreneurs must embrace artificial intelligence, digital tools and the value of their business data as technology rapidly reshapes the economy, Jacqueline Puente, chairwoman of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, told business and community leaders today in Mission.