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The event was part of TVC’s Grants Across Texas Tour, highlighting organizations across the state that are putting FVA grant funding to work for Texas veterans and their families. The Governor was joined at the grant presentation by Harlingen Mayor Norma Sepulveda, TVC Executive Director Thomas Palladino, TVC Deputy Executive Director Shawn Deabay, grant recipients, veterans, and other local leaders.

A superseding indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Georgia charging five defendants for their roles in a scheme to exploit a nonimmigrant visa worker program to fraudulently obtain worker visas and smuggle aliens into the United States.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced the arrest of seven noncitizens who had been indicted for illegal activity related to the 2024 general election.

The City of Brownsville is accepting applications from residents interested in serving on the Environmental Task Force, an advisory board intended to support the City Commission in evaluating environmental sustainability, community resilience, and other considerations related to development in Brownsville.

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) authorized the Executive Administrator to award $69.5 million in Water Supply Infrastructure Grants (WSIG) for projects that line or convert irrigation canals. The money is being combined with funding from the North American Development Bank (NADBank).

For South Texas College Professor Emeritus Rogelio Escaname, retirement was never about simply stepping away, it was about finding another way to serve.

IDEA Public Schools in the Rio Grande Valley is now accepting applications for the 2027-28 school year. Right now, IDEA Rio Grande Valley currently serves nearly 34,000 students in 51 schools.  

Governor Greg Abbott announced the creation of a leadership team to secure Texas as the permanent home of the United States Space Academy. Representative Greg Bonnen M.D. of Friendswood, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, will lead the team.

U.S. motorists are paying sharply higher prices for gasoline, diesel and motor oil as disruptions to global petroleum supplies continue to affect energy markets and consumer costs.

For recruits assigned to the 926th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, their journey starts long before basic military training. Before ever setting foot on the drill pad, these future airmen are already learning exactly what it takes to succeed in the Air Force Reserve.