Job growth in McAllen to hit 1% increase through August, Brownsville’s official data shows nearly 1% decline
The McAllen metro area added 2,900 jobs through August, while the Brownsville metro was down 1,100 jobs over the year.... Read more »
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The Rio Grande Valley’s tech industry is small but growing — meet some of the next-gen workforce
Tech remains a small piece of the Valley economy, but local graduates are finding new ways to build careers as... Read more »
Construction workers make up nearly 1 in 3 unemployment claims in three RGV counties
A Workforce Solutions report found 2,652 construction workers filed unemployment claims in early 2026, more than twice as many as... Read more »
Competition for Rio Grande Valley workers is heating up
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
The Valley added 4,900 jobs over the year through July, almost entirely in the McAllen metro, while Brownsville-Harlingen added just... Read more »
Thousands of Mexicans are being sent back through Matamoros — bringing skills that could reshape Tamaulipas’ economy
Matamoros handled nearly 90% of Tamaulipas’ repatriation events through May — almost 14 times as many as Reynosa.... Read more »
Industrial growth is bringing RGV workers home — now the region needs to build its next workforce generation
More than 70% of Rio Grande LNG’s 6,000-plus construction workers are from the Valley as leaders prepare for the next... Read more »
New capital projects chapter confronts growth challenges in the Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen luncheon will ask whether power, water and workers can keep pace with industrial expansion.... Read more »
Rio Grande Valley still has Texas’ lowest wages despite billions in new investment, state report shows
New state workforce data show Hidalgo and Starr counties had Texas’ lowest median annual wages in 2025, while Cameron County... Read more »
South Texas builders say ICE raids are back, mourn death of slain construction worker
A 52-year-old Houston construction worker was fatally shot by an ICE agent; South Texas business owners say they worry about... Read more »
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