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…