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Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza

Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza is a versatile multimedia news reporter who lives and works along the Texas-Mexico border in Hidalgo County. Mosbrucker-Garza is a news reporter for the Rio Grande Valley Business Journal. During her career she's worked for the McAllen Monitor, San Antonio Business Journal, The Advocate Newspaper in Louisiana, Phoenix New Times, and public media outlets in Baltimore and Philadelphia.

Articles by Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza

Millions are flowing into the Valley’s water infrastructure. A new program aims to train the workers needed to run it.

March 3, 2026 • 6 min read

An $80,000 grant will help train wastewater plant operators as utilities prepare for infrastructure expansion and a wave of retirements... Read more »

Point Isabel ISD shuts down $160M tax break for proposed LNG project

March 3, 2026 • 7 min read

The vote marked the second time the district has rejected tax incentives for Texas LNG, which is still considering its... Read more »

Four Valley cities unite to pursue water funding

March 1, 2026 • 4 min read

The cities are creating a new agency that could help them compete for water infrastructure loans and grants.... Read more »

Texas is quickly becoming the nation’s data center capital. Here’s how Harlingen is trying to regulate it.

February 28, 2026 • 6 min read

As a proposed $14 billion project advances in Cameron County, city leaders are drafting rules amid concerns over water use,... Read more »

How a Reynosa auto parts manufacturer is navigating the U.S. tariff war

February 26, 2026 • 5 min read

It took Velvac about a decade to relocate 95% of its supply chain to North America, and now the strategy... Read more »

Valeo, a French auto parts maker with local ties, plans $19M facility in McAllen

February 26, 2026 • 3 min read

The manufacturer filed plans for a 226,000-square-foot facility in McAllen, near its plant in Rio Bravo, Mexico.... Read more »

RGV Connect: The Valley’s bridge expansions are advancing, but connector funding is stuck

February 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Despite major investments in ports and international bridges, leaders say unfinished highway links could limit the economic return on the... Read more »

Higher-priced homes linger on the market across the Rio Grande Valley as inventory rises

February 25, 2026 • 5 min read

Both McAllen and Brownsville metros now exceed traditional six-month balance levels, shifting negotiating power toward buyers in the upper tier.... Read more »

Rally Credit Union has big plans for the Rio Grande Valley

February 22, 2026 • 4 min read

Nearly half of Rally’s 238,000 members now live in the Rio Grande Valley, anchoring the credit union’s $4.7 billion portfolio... Read more »

Here’s what we know about Rio Grande LNG’s massive expansion plans in Brownsville

February 20, 2026 • 5 min read

The $30 billion project currently employs about 5,500 workers and has invested $400 million in the local supply chain, according... Read more »

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