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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

Mission touts sales tax growth, affordable housing, and golf investments in State of the City

July 8, 2026 • 3 min read

Mission leaders touted an increase in sales tax payments, new building permits, affordable housing, and a plan to incentivize investment... Read more »

Texas is tackling health care worker shortages, but the Valley has no seat at the table

July 7, 2026 • 6 min read

El Paso and Corpus Christi are the closest communities to the Valley represented on a new statewide health care workforce... Read more »

More homes are for sale across the Rio Grande Valley, but affordability remains out of reach

July 7, 2026 • 6 min read

The Valley has more homes for sale than in decades, but rising prices, higher mortgage rates, and wages are keeping... Read more »

Second LNG export terminal at Port of Brownsville takes major step toward construction 

July 4, 2026 • 5 min read

Texas LNG has begun engineering work and long-lead equipment purchases for its proposed $4 billion export terminal ahead of its... Read more »

McAllen metro posts modest job gains, while Brownsville remains nearly flat

July 1, 2026 • 3 min read

The Valley added 3,700 jobs over the year, but nearly all of the growth came from the McAllen metro.... Read more »

Massive data center planned near Harlingen may use drinking water — officials hope it never comes to that

June 28, 2026 • 10 min read

The contract tied to Eneus Energy prioritizes reclaimed water, but it includes a backup provision for drinking water that is... Read more »

Port of Brownsville’s $539M project creates one of the Gulf’s deepest channels, allowing larger vessels to call

June 25, 2026 • 5 min read

Federal officials called the funding model a national example after NextDecade invested $400 million to improve shared port infrastructure.... Read more »

Seawater desalination project moves toward permitting on South Padre Island

June 24, 2026 • 5 min read

RGV Desal says it is preparing to file state and federal permits for a proposed $1 billion seawater desalination plant... Read more »

Construction to watch: Rio Bank opening in Brownsville, Planet Fitness in San Benito, plus Edinburg animal shelter expansion

June 24, 2026 • 2 min read

The latest projects offer a snapshot of where developers and businesses are investing across the Rio Grande Valley.... Read more »

SpaceX is planning a new gas pipeline across the Brownsville Ship Channel. Here’s what we know 

June 23, 2026 • 4 min read

The proposed pipeline comes as SpaceX advances plans for new fuel infrastructure at Starbase, including facilities for LNG, methane production,... Read more »

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