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Small businesses comprise 99% of the businesses in the U.S., employ 46% of Americans, and represent 44% of America’s GDP.

The changes resulted from the retirement of Office of Inspector General (OIG) Assistant Chief James Lopez, who retired on Jan. 31, 2026, and from the promotion of Regulatory Services Division (RSD) Assistant Chief Vanessa Mayo to DPS’ Chief of Finance in October 2025. 

Texas Border Business DONNA – A Donna man will spend more than a decade in prison for manslaughter. On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 398th District Court Judge L. Keno...

Former Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrant Jose Miguel Zelaya-Ponce will spend nearly four decades behind bars following his recent sentencing in Harris Co. The now 22-year-old Honduran national was found guilty on enhanced charges of continuous sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 38 years in prison on Jan. 13, 2026.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced that since January 20, 2025, it has seized 36,277 illegal crime guns and 2,317,999 rounds of ammunition from prohibited persons, gang members, and suppliers for transnational criminal organizations.

This morning, the four County Judges of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) launched the Advisory Committee for the RGV Water Management Study supported by the North American Development Bank (NADBank).

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Anzu Robotics, LLC (“Anzu”) for misleading Texas consumers about the origin, data practices, and security risks of its drones, which are rebranded products of Chinese drone manufacturer DJI and tied to the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”).

Governor Greg Abbott announced that his Public Safety Office (PSO) has awarded $149 million to Texas Tech University to support the development of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) testing site and cybersecurity infrastructure enhancements.

Texas Border Business By Joey Gomez McALLEN, Texas – At just 17 years old, Maximiliano Rodriguez is already helping to safeguard the Rio Grande Valley’s digital future...

New population estimates were recently released by the US Census Bureau, and the results indicate that the pace of growth has slowed significantly, driven (not surprisingly) primarily by a drop in international migration.