If approved by voters, a Visitor Tax that is already being collected on hotel rooms (2%) and rental cars (5%) in Cameron County would be used to help develop a new arena in Cameron County.
The bipartisan Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures Act would encourage medical innovation and R&D, writes Victoria Ford, president and CEO of the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute.
Punto Zero is a mental health facility on the west edge of Juárez, Mexico. Writer Morgan Smith assists with the center's programs.
Former Texas Congressional District 15 candidate Michelle Vallejo says Texas citizens should have been allowed to vote on school voucher policy.
Rio Grande Valley-based writer and author Gary Joe Mounce is urging Netflix or Turner Classics to bring back Stanley Kramer's 1961 epic legal drama, Judgment at Nuremberg.
The free market made America great; if we let it work, it will strengthen us, writes Mario Reyna, coordinator of the RGV Prosperity Task Force.
The US has been put on notice that markets no longer automatically turn to US securities in times of crisis. This, says economist M. Ray Perryman, is a fundamental shift.
Here are the prepared remarks of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar for a conference about tariffs he hosted at Laredo College.
Everything Brownsville Navigation District Chairman Esteban Guerra said at RioPlex's Texas Port to the Stars FDI Summit.
Lorenzo Barrera Segovia, president of the northeast chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce Mexico, had a speaking role at RioPlex's Texas Port to the Stars FDI Summit.
A guest column from Dr. Elaine Hernandez, incoming district governor for Rotary International in D5930, South Texas, for 2025/2026.
A guest column by Dr. Gary Joe Mounce, a professor emeritus (political science) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
To strengthen the U.S. position amid tensions with China, Texas Association of Business President and CEO Glenn Hamer offers eight key policy proposals.
Rex Solomon, president of Houston Jewelry, says legislation being considered in Austin would force his small business to negotiate credit card processing agreements with more than 200 banks, one by one.
Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez's opening remarks at RioPlex's Texas Port to the Stars Foreign Direct Investment Summit.
A guest column from Giovanni Escobedo, senior regional advocacy director for Raise Your Hand Texas.
By working together across sectors, NADBank amplifies its impact to drive innovative projects and achieve sustainable outcomes for border communities, writes its head of strategic partnerships and stakeholder engagement.
The president of Erling says he is supporting legislation from Sen. Charles Schwertner and Rep. Greg Bonnen that will "restore transparency and fairness to our legal system."
The USMCA review process scheduled for 2026 could face several problems, writes Mexico City-based economist and academic, María Cristina Rosas. It could break into pieces and be replaced with a Canada-US free trade deal and a separate Mexico-US free trade deal.
Daniel Silva is leaving his leadership role at the Rio Grande Valley Partnership, the Rio Grande Guardian can exclusively reveal. He is to become executive director of the South Texas Vo-Tech Campus in Brownsville.