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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

Valeo pitches Texas A&M McAllen students on careers in automotive technology and sustainability

September 3, 2026 • 6 min read

As Valeo prepares its new McAllen plant, executives are introducing local engineering students to careers shaping the next generation of... Read more »

Harlingen hits pause on $27M offer from company planning 1,000-acre data center

September 3, 2026 • 12 min read

Commissioners want the company to face the public first as residents raise concerns about transparency, water and the project’s impact... Read more »

Texas hospitals are losing $27M a day in Medicaid funding. Here’s why the Valley should care

September 1, 2026 • 4 min read

More than 333,000 Valley residents rely on Medicaid, including roughly 234,000 children, raising the stakes as Texas hospitals face billions... Read more »

McAllen metro shifts toward a buyer’s housing market as Brownsville metro stays balanced in July

August 30, 2026 • 5 min read

Home sales increased across both Valley metros in July, but McAllen had nine months of inventory while Brownsville remained balanced... Read more »

SpaceX is giving Brownsville $220M for water projects. In exchange, the city gave up zoning control of 444 acres near Starbase

August 30, 2026 • 11 min read

The last-minute deal followed a raucous six-hour meeting in which police removed several people, and SpaceX declined to give commissioners... Read more »

Competition for Rio Grande Valley workers is heating up

August 27, 2026 • 8 min read

More companies are turning to Workforce Solutions job fairs to recruit, even as some young workers say they may have... Read more »

Rio Grande Valley job growth slows to a trickle through July

August 25, 2026 • 4 min read

The Valley added 4,900 jobs over the year through July, almost entirely in the McAllen metro, while Brownsville-Harlingen added just... Read more »

New statewide push to reduce Texas’ uninsured population starts in the Rio Grande Valley

August 24, 2026 • 9 min read

A new nonprofit backed by major health organizations is starting its statewide work in the Valley, where some of Texas’... Read more »

BMW sales at Bert Ogden in Pharr are outpacing some bigger Texas markets, leaders say

August 21, 2026 • 9 min read

The Rio Grande Valley population may be smaller than other markets in Texas but BMW dealership leaders say demand is... Read more »

Travelers spent $272M on RGV lodging in first half of 2026. See where they stayed

August 17, 2026 • 4 min read

Travelers most often chose to stay on South Padre Island overnight when visiting the Valley, even more so in 2026... Read more »

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