Texas

International trade at Texas ports falls sharply

TEXAS – Most ports across Texas saw steep declines in imports from Mexico and other countries as the coronavirus continues…

Texas’ bars and restaurants struggle to stay open

TEXAS – Hundreds of Texas bars and restaurants are scrambling to change how they operate, maneuvering through loopholes that will…

President Trump signs 4 pipeline permits in Midland

MIDLAND – President Donald Trump visited Texas for a campaign fundraiser in Odessa, followed by a tour of an oil…

Texas will apply tests against COVID-19

LAREDO, TX – The National Institute for Health Research (NIH), aware that the effectiveness of a vaccine for at-risk populations…

Texas A&M facility to produce COVID-19 vaccine

TEXAS – A bio-manufacturing center at Texas A&M University in College Station has been tapped to mass produce a COVID-19…

Hydrogen should be the next big energy business for Texas

TEXAS – A recent industry-commissioned study predicts that hydrogen will be a US$130 billion business by 2030 in the U.S….

Aurora Innovation to test self-driving truck tech in Texas

TEXAS – Aurora Innovation Inc. is expanding its autonomous vehicle testing to Texas, adding a third state to the trial…

Walgreens to open Doctors’ Offices in Texas

TEXAS – Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. will attach 500 to 700 doctors’ clinics to hundreds of drugstores as the pharmacy…

New trade pact a boost to farmers, oil industry in Texas and New Mexico

EL PASO — The new North American free trade deal will help border communities recover economically from the COVID-19 pandemic,…

ACL Festival canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic

AUSTIN — The Austin City Limits Music Festival has been canceled for 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers wrote…

Texas will benefit by the USMCA

TEXAS – The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement comes into force, summing up all the changes made to the North American Free…

Supreme Court declines to hear border wall challenge

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that rejected environmental groups’ challenge to sections of wall…

FDA revisits food safety with Mexican papaya industry

TEXAS – The Food and Drug Administration has issued a second notice to the importance of food safety measures to…

Texas freezes business’ reopening

AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott announced that it will stop any further phase of reopening businesses in Texas, and that…

Texas Restaurant Association launches Covid-19 training certification

TEXAS – The Texas Restaurant Association (TRA), Dallas College and A Closer Look have launched a new programme to train…

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