BCIC’s Cori Peña Revisits Brownsville’s May 2026 Growth and Future Outlook
The Monday after RGV Startup Week always gets me a little. You have nine days of full rooms and packed stages, and then the building is just quiet again.
DHR Health Ophthalmologist Shares Facts about Cataracts
Texas Border Business EDINBURG, Texas - According to the National Eye Institute, approximately 24 million Americans have cataracts, a condition of the eye that causes cloudy,...
STC President Honored for Outstanding Community Leadership
Since beginning of his tenure as the South Texas College President nearly five years ago, Ricardo J. Solis, Ph.D., has established himself as an innovator with bold solutions in the arena of academics, workforce development and advanced technologies and for that he was recently honored with the 2026 Futuro RGV Community Leader Award.
Austin Woman Gets 4 Years for Stealing $1.7M from Federal Non-Profit
Star Rana Jackson, who was employed for more than ten years at the American Indian Center of Arkansas (AICA) and for a period of time served as the Executive Director before her termination, will spend the next 48 months in federal prison for wire fraud.
Brownsville Earns Governor’s Community Achievement Award
Texas Border Business BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Keep Texas Beautiful has named the City of Brownsville a recipient of the 2026 Governor’s Community Achievement Award (GCAA), one of Texas’...
SBA Approves Disaster Loan Assistance for Cameron County
Texas Border Business On Tuesday, June 2, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) approved his request to include South Texas...
DPS Uncovers Stash House, Captures Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrant Gang Member
Texas Border Business DEL RIO – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) uncovered a stash house and captured a wanted criminal illegal immigrant gang member...
Brownsville Invites Residents to Help Guide New Master Plan
Texas Border Business BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The City of Brownsville and its Planning & Redevelopment Department hosted the firstBrownsville Housing Master Plan Public Input Meeting on June 3, 2026, and they are seeking more public...
DPS Launches Operation Safe Summer
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is launching Operation Safe Summer – a coordinated initiative to provide enhanced patrols in high-volume pedestrian corridors in central areas of Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth this summer.
Senate Passes $70 Billion Immigration Funding Bill
The Senate approved a $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill early Friday, providing funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. The measure passed 52-47 and now heads to the House, which is expected to take it up next week.
