Texas
More Texas bars could reopen as restaurants under new rules
TEXAS – More Texas bars could reopen as restaurants after the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission voted to ease restrictions amid…
Texas wineries call on Governor Abbott to relax operating restrictions
TEXAS – Texas’ alcohol manufacturing and retail businesses have struggled immensely since the pandemic, many fear that their final last…
Texas-Based Exxon Mobil Loses US$1 billion due to COVID-19
TEXAS – Two American oil giants lost more than US$9 billion in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic kept…
Texas joins states applying for Trump’s unemployment boost
TEXAS – Texas joined the growing list of states that will pursue President Donald Trump’s plan to offer a stripped-down…
Alfa Group announces divestment of all Newpek assets in Texas
TEXAS – Monterrey-based holding company Alfa announced that its subsidiary, Newpek, has divested all of its assets in Texas, including…
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…
