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UTRGV graduate student Alejandra Jimenez received the 2021 Future Texas Business Legend Award. Jimenez, who is from Brownsville, currently is pursuing a master’s degree at UTRGV in business analytics. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike)

Graduate student honored with Future Texas Business Legend Award

UTRGV graduate student Alejandra Jimenez had no idea she had been nominated for the 2021 Future Texas Business Legend Award given by the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation – until she got online. “I went to the website to watch the announcement and I heard my name called as the recipient of the James and Kathleen Collins Future Texas Business Legend Award. I was speechless,” she said. “I am so blessed and honored to have been selected for this award.”
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FAA Opens Houston Space Safety Office to Increase Oversight of Texas and New...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) opened a safety field office in Houston to increase its oversight of commercial space operations in Texas and New Mexico.
A sign in South Austin asks customers to wear a mask inside a business on March 3, 2021. Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune

Texas could be on the verge of another COVID-19 wave

Texas Border Business By Colleen DeGuzman The Texas Tribune  With less than half of Texans vaccinated and the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus spreading, the...

Governor Abbott Hosts Florida Governor DeSantis For Border Security Briefing In Del Rio

Governor Abbott today hosted Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for a border security briefing in Del Rio, Texas. At the briefing, Governor Abbott provided an update on the state's efforts to combat the vast influx in the smuggling of drugs, weapons and other contraband into the state.
More than 51 Texas House Democrats left the state last week to stop Republicans from taking up election bills during the special session. Image Credit: Shuran Huang for The Texas Tribune

Five Texas House Democrats have tested positive for coronavirus

Five Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives who traveled to Washington D.C. last week have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Texas House Democratic Caucus.
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Palm Valley Animal Society Foster Plea

Seeking a foster parent that can provide around-the-clock care that we are not able to provide here at the shelter.Please reach out to us if you can help in any way.
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RGV Agents Disrupt Multiple Smuggling Operations

Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents make 72 arrests from three migrant stash houses and three vehicle pursuits.
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Border Patrol Arrests Two Sex Offenders

Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents arrest two previously convicted sex offenders.
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Border Patrol Seizes Nearly 600 Pounds of Marijuana

Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents seize approximately $475K worth of marijuana near the Rio Grande in two separate incidents and spotted a subject with a longarm in Mexico during a failed narcotic smuggling event.
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin III, D-West Virginia, spoke with reporters at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2021. Photo Credit: Rod Lamkey/CNP/Sipa USA via REUTERS

Sen. Joe Manchin coming to Texas for fundraiser

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin — a key Democratic holdout over efforts to pass federal voting rights legislation — is expected to head to Texas on Friday for a fundraiser with a host committee that includes several wealthy Republican donors.

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