TBB Staff

The Economic Development Corporation of Weslaco announces the opening of the Texas Aviation Academy (TAA) Part 141 flight school, a full-service aviation provider.

Silvia Garza, Director and Vice President of the McAllen Chamber of Commerce’s Casa McAllen in Monterrey, recently hosted a breakfast for local media representatives.

Approximately 200 fifth-grade students from the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District recently received Chromebooks and mobile hotspots to use off-campus thanks to a $150,000 grant from the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today warned fellow Members of Congress and the American people about the threats and effects of a potential government shutdown.

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) has continually called for U.S. Troops on the border to be sent home for the holidays and to not extend their mission past the expiration date.

IMAS President and Executive Director, Serena Pandos, announced today that she will be resigning from the International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) effective January 10, 2019.

A working partnership to develop South Texas College’s Regional Center for Public Safety (RCPSE) is a first in Texas, and will serve as a model for future law enforcement to follow, according to Kim Vickers, Executive Director for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE).

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), along with Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), Peter Welch (VT-AL), and Terri Sewell (AL-07), Shelia Jackson Lee (TX-18), Dan Kildee (MI-05), and Pete Aguilar (CA-31), was named Chief Deputy Whip by House Majority Whip-Elect James E. Clyburn for the 116th Congress.

Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that his Consumer Protection Division finalized a settlement with the owners of 11 gas stations – mostly Big Willy’s – accused of price gouging last year during the state of disaster declared for Hurricane Harvey.

A group of 100 sophomores and juniors recently attended the 3rd Annual Young Entrepreneurship Conference hosted by Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (PSJA ISD) in partnership with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley