TBB Staff

SAN ANTONIO, TX – September 14, 2021 – NatureSweet is proud to bring its new “To Go” line, a highly innovative product that combines three different innovations into a first in the snacking tomato category: Ready-to-Eat snacking tomatoes, in a single-use format and in a crush-resistance packaging, enabling consumers across North America to carry a healthy snack with them and growing the category for the retailers.

Austin - Texas Association of Business (TAB) released a preliminary report it commissioned stressing the negative economic impact of the proposed changes to the Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI).

The Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers (TAMIO), a division of the Texas Municipal League (TML), announced the 2021 winners of its state-wide TAMI Awards Competition during a ceremony at the annual conference held in late August in Round Rock, Texas.

EL PASO, TX – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at the El Paso area ports of entry, seized over 83 pounds of cocaine, more than seven pounds of fentanyl, over 72 pounds of methamphetamine, 107 pounds of marijuana and arrested 25 fugitives in the last week.

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents were led on two vehicle pursuits, one, resulted in the rescue of two migrants from the trunk of a car.

EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents responded to migrants being smuggled through the underground water drainage system in Hidalgo and Brownsville, Texas. This tactic poses an exponential risk to migrant lives, especially during hurricane season.

Washington, DC – Judicial Watch announced today that it received 198 pages of records and communications from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) involving “humanized mice” research with human fetal heads, organs and tissue, including communications and contracts with human fetal tissue provider Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR). Most of the records are communications and related attachments between Perrin Larton, a procurement manager for ABR, and research veterinary medical officer Dr. Kristina Howard of the FDA.

PHOENIX, Ariz. — On the heels of the Biden administration’s announcement advising workplaces to encourage employee vaccinations, a comprehensive business survey conducted by Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, found that 93% of the 1,143 U.S.

BROWNSVILLE, TX – Brownsville native and entrepreneur Steven De La Garza understands, firsthand, the vital role community colleges have in developing the next generation workforce. To ensure students have access to high-quality education that will connect them with careers that are in demand, he is funding scholarships at Texas Southmost College.

PHARR - Berta Palacios Elementary in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (PSJA ISD) has been authorized as an International Baccalaureate World School for the Primary Years Program (PYP) by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB).