Does insurance cover damage from SpaceX rocket launches, sonic booms, or ground shaking? Here’s what we know
Property damage by SpaceX rocket testing and launch sonic boom may not be covered by homeowners or commercial insurance for... Read more »
Economic Trends
Brownsville’s warehouse pipeline keeps growing with $3.5M in new projects
Two privately funded developments will add more than 37,000 square feet of industrial storage and office space in different parts... Read more »
Entrepreneurs can get free business coaching through new UTRGV, McAllen library partnership
The six-week program will offer free coaching, market research, branding support, and strategic planning to the first 30 accepted businesses.... Read more »
July rains give Rio Grande a water boost, but the region isn’t out of the woods yet
Recent July rains added more than 232,000 acre-feet of water to Amistad and Falcon reservoirs, but both reservoirs remain well... Read more »
Valley hospital investigations spark statewide birth tourism crackdown
Gov. Greg Abbott has expanded Texas’ crackdown on birth tourism after ordering investigations into Mission Regional Medical Center and Knapp... Read more »
SpaceX bought land worth at least $2.1 million on South Padre Island, so we visited the public beach next door
The potential value of the land SpaceX purchased could be worth anywhere between $2.1 million and $2.9 million if sold... Read more »
First Rio Grande Valley screwworm case confirmed in Starr County
State and federal officials established an infested zone in Starr and Zapata counties after confirming the parasite in a domestic... Read more »
Brownsville’s Búho expands with coffee bar and nonprofit foundation as bookstore sales climb
Búho opened a new coffee, tea, and wine bar and formally launched its nonprofit foundation as sales continue to grow... Read more »
Former Austin mayor Will Wynn tapped to lead Texas A&M McAllen campus
The McAllen resident brings decades of leadership in government, economic development, and real estate to his new position.... Read more »
Data center proposed inside former Walmart near Port of Brownsville
The former Brownsville Walmart was most recently used as a shelter for immigrant children seeking asylum until it closed, but... Read more »
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