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Reyna: Preparing Our Region's Hidden Workforce

Mario Reyna, executive director of The Prosperity Task Force. (Photo credit: Mario Reyna)

Commentary from Mario Reyna, executive director of The Prosperity Task Force.

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, fifth from left, is flanked to his right by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and to his left by Dino Mavrookas, Saronic CEO, at the Port Alpha groundbreaking.

Officials: U.S. shipbuilding to become second to none

Groundbreaking ceremony held at Port of Brownsville for Saronic Technologies.

Carol Warkoczewski, founder and CVO/CEO of The Institute for Leadership in Capital Projects. (Photo credit: I-LinCP)

I-LinCP Issues Call for Speakers and Panelists for 2027 'Invest in Women' Forum

Event takes place January 21, 2027, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton San Marcos Hotel Conference Center & Spa.

M. Ray Perryman. (Photo credit: The Perryman Group)

Perryman: Labor Force Participation

Guest commentary from Texas-based economist M. Ray Perryman.

Vasquez: Dignity Act Offers Balanced Path for RGV Construction Industry Facing Workforce Shortages

A podcast with Johnny Vasquez, executive officer of Rio Grande Valley Builders Association.

Competing Globally, Acting Regionally: Cortez Outlines Economic Roadmap to Young Leaders in Pharr

Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez addresses the Hidalgo County Future Leaders Council.

Castañeda: New manufacturing facility coming to Donna

Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge ceremony to take place October 23.

Campos: Harlingen Well-Positioned for Regional, International Growth in New Fiscal Year

A podcast with Orlando Campos, CEO of Harlingen Economic Development Corporation.

MEDC: Currently, there are companies from Mexico, China and Japan looking to invest in McAllen

McAllen Economic Development Corporation COO Ralph Garcia gives an update to the group's Stakeholders Committee.

Torres: RGV Well-Positioned to Benefit from San Antonio’s Expanding Automotive Supercluster

Jorge Torres, CEO of Interlink Trade Services, gives an update to McAllen Economic Development Corporation.

Cisneros roundtable highlights South Texas, Northern Mexico as North America’s next industrial superpower

Regional leaders Henry Cisneros, David Marquez, and Jorge Torres discuss supply chain integration.

Reyna: RioPlex's trade mission to Mexico City was an outstanding success

A podcast with the executive director of RioPlex.

Mariana Guedea, president, Women Economic Forum RGV.

Guedea: Strengthening the US-MX relationship through dialogue, innovation and shared opportunity

Mariana Guedea, president of the Women Economic Forum RGV, says the 5th U.S.–Mexico Binational Convention was a great success.

Francisco J. Peña-Valdés, founder and managing principal of International Business Consultants. (Photo credit: Lider Empresarial)

Peña-Valdés: Let’s cut through the noise of politics and focus on the long-term facts

Commentary from Francisco J. Peña-Valdés, founder and managing principal at International Business Consultants.

Gabriela von zur Muehlen, senior vice president and chief policy officer for the Texas Association of Business.

Von zur Muehlen: Texas does not need to choose between innovation and workers

Commentary from the senior vice president and chief policy officer for the Texas Association of Business.

Perryman: Making Ends Meet

Guest commentary from Texas-based economist M. Ray Perryman.

Mario Reyna, executive director of RioPlex. (Photo credit: RioPlex)

Reyna: RGV’s sales tax revenues are on a par with Austin's

Mario Reyna, executive director of RioPlex, provides a Rio Grande Valley municipal sales tax comparison.

Gilberto Salinas, CEO, Greater Brownsville Economic Development Corporation. (Photo: RGG/Steve Taylor)

GBEDC: The next Texas boomtown isn't Austin or Dallas. It's Brownsville.

The Greater Brownsville Economic Development Corporation tells readers of the Houston Business Journal.

More Commentary News

Bauer: If data centers want to operate in Texas, they should be prepared to pay their own way

The state director for Texas Farm Bureau's District 10 testifies before the House Committee on State Affairs.

Flight academy flies high in Brownsville

Businessman Jorge Whitley has started Flight Academy of South Texas.

RGV Sees Job Growth as Regional Unemployment Rates Drop in August

Latest figures released by the Texas Workforce Commission and analyzed by Workforce Solutions.

Cuellar: Data Center regulation and grid reliability will be defining issues for both Congress and Texas Legislature in upcoming sessions

Congressman Henry Cuellar met with small business owners in Alton.

The Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1700-class vessels are a modernized replacement for the U.S. Navy's LCU 1650-class. (Photo credit Austal USA)

Reyna: Preparing Our Region's Hidden Workforce

Officials: U.S. shipbuilding to become second to none

I-LinCP Issues Call for Speakers and Panelists for 2027 'Invest in Women' Forum

Perryman: Labor Force Participation

Vasquez: Dignity Act Offers Balanced Path for RGV Construction Industry Facing Workforce Shortages

Competing Globally, Acting Regionally: Cortez Outlines Economic Roadmap to Young Leaders in Pharr

Castañeda: New manufacturing facility coming to Donna

Campos: Harlingen Well-Positioned for Regional, International Growth in New Fiscal Year

MEDC: Currently, there are companies from Mexico, China and Japan looking to invest in McAllen

Torres: RGV Well-Positioned to Benefit from San Antonio’s Expanding Automotive Supercluster

Cisneros roundtable highlights South Texas, Northern Mexico as North America’s next industrial superpower

Reyna: RioPlex's trade mission to Mexico City was an outstanding success

Calendar of events

Manic Monday Mixer

Cafe y Pan Dulce : Chase

RGVHCC: New Member Orientation

Guedea: Strengthening the US-MX relationship through dialogue, innovation and shared opportunity

Peña-Valdés: Let’s cut through the noise of politics and focus on the long-term facts

Von zur Muehlen: Texas does not need to choose between innovation and workers

Perryman: Making Ends Meet

Reyna: RGV’s sales tax revenues are on a par with Austin's

GBEDC: The next Texas boomtown isn't Austin or Dallas. It's Brownsville.

Bauer: If data centers want to operate in Texas, they should be prepared to pay their own way

Flight academy flies high in Brownsville

RGV Sees Job Growth as Regional Unemployment Rates Drop in August

Cuellar: Data Center regulation and grid reliability will be defining issues for both Congress and Texas Legislature in upcoming sessions

U.S. Navy Awards Contract to Saronic for New Landing Craft to Be Built at Port of Brownsville

‘Zero to Full Throttle’: Greater Brownsville EDC Chief Outlines $50B Industrial Tech Boom

UPDATED: COSTEP aims to bring higher education and industry closer together

UPDATED: Garza discusses workforce needs of companies locating at Port of Brownsville

UPDATED: Rico-Leal: Big projects happening at the Port of Brownsville

Mission EDC board appoints Joe Salazar as acting CEO