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Internet providers say they'll challenge Pharr's new fiber optic connection mandate
Posted 9:16 PM 4/20/2026 by Santiago Caicedo
A legal fight is brewing in Pharr over a new rule requiring all new homes and businesses to connect to the city's fiber optic internet lines.
City officials say the mandate, which was approved during a Monday city council meeting, ensures future subdivisions have fiber optic (More)
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Stanley Black & Decker hiring up to 100 workers as it expands Mission manufacturing plant
Posted 9:13 PM 4/20/2026 by Melissa Brandi
Stanley Black & Decker is expanding in Mission and bringing up to 100 jobs to the Rio Grande Valley.
The company is set up at the Mission Expressway Business Park and makes tools and plastic parts.
Some of that work has been done in Mexico. Now it's coming back to the U.S.
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