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Texas Border Cities Report New Decrease in Unemployment Rate in April

EL PASO, TX - During the month of April 2022, border cities such as El Paso, Brownsville, Laredo and McAllen recorded an annualized decrease of nearly 25% in their unemployment rate, according to data from the Texas Labor Commission (TWC) In...

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US$2 billion to be invested in New Mexico

NEW MEXICO - New Mexico Governor Michelle Luján Grisham announced that an equity investment group has committed to create more than 950 jobs and invest more than $2 billion in the construction of an aluminum can rolling mill and recycling center...

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Tucson implements Spanish accelerator to boost small businesses

TUCSON, AZ - The City of Tucson's Office of Economic Initiatives announced a new Spanish-language small business support program called 'Sazón Empresarial' that focuses on underrepresented minorities, women-owned companies and businesses in the...

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UTEP and EPE Expand Mobile Classroom to Prepare Students for STEM Fields

EL PASO, TX - The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Electric (EPE) unveiled additions to UTEP's 26-foot-long K-12 mobile classroom designed to teach energy and engineering concepts and their real-world relevance while encouraging...

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Abbott tours Mexico border to reinforce security measures

TEXAS - Governor Greg Abbott toured Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) border security assets along the Texas-Mexico border and held a briefing in Eagle Pass on the state's response to President Biden's immigration...

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El Paso Authorizes US$2.1 million Incentive for Renovation of 1 Texas Tower Building

EL PASO, TX - The El Paso City Council approved incentives for the redevelopment, rehabilitation and renovation of the historic building known as 1 Texas Tower, located at 109 N Oregon St, owned by Jim Scherr The city authorized a $21 million...

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ZF inaugurates Campus in Nuevo Leon

GUADALUPE, NL – ZF officially inaugurates its new headquarters at the FINSA Guadalupe park in Nuevo Leon The ceremony was attended by Ivan Rivas, minister of Economy of Nuevo Leon, Maria Cristina Diaz, Mayor of Guadalupe, NL, Martin Fischer,...

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Indonesian President visits Brownsville

BROWNSVILLE, TX - The City of Brownsville welcomed Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who briefly visited the Texas town last week for a brief meeting with Elon Musk, co-founder and chief designer of SpaceX City Hall reported that Joko Widodo...

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Immigration policy impacts discussed in EP with homeland security advisor

EL PASO, TX - El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) met with Homeland Security Advisor Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall to discuss the impacts of border security policy on the local economy "Dr Sherwood-Randall and I had the opportunity to...

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Mack officially inaugurates new plant in Juarez

JUAREZ, CHIH - Mack Technologies officially inaugurated its new building located in the Fuentes Industrial Park in Ciudad Juarez, with which it intends to generate up to 2,000 jobs in the border region Mack Technologies is considered a world...

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