After months of controversy, Texas bathroom bill dies quietly
by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Aug. 16, 2017 In the end, the controversial bathroom bill went quietly. For more than a year, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick led the crusade for a state law to regulate bathroom use for…
Millions consumed potentially unsafe water in the past 10 years
August 16th, 2017by Agnel Philip, Elizabeth Sims, Jordan Houston and Rachel Konieczny, News21, The Texas Tribune Aug. 16, 2017 WOLFFORTH, Texas – As many as 63 million people – nearly a fifth of the country – from rural central California to the…
Eagle Pass Winn Lady Mavericks Volleyball Win Third Place at Edgewood Tournament
August 16th, 2017By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Lady Mavericks Volleyball Team won third place at the San Antonio Edgewood Independent School District Volleyball Tournament held during August…
Eagle Pass Fire Department Rescue Four Year-Old Boy Locked Inside Automobile
August 16th, 2017By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass Fire Department reported rescuing a young four year-old boy from inside a locked automobile on Monday, August 14, 2017, in Eagel Pass, Texas. According to the preliminary…
Loose Cattle Cause Several Accidents on U.S. Highway 277 North in Maverick County
August 16th, 2017By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Several loose cattle caused two automobiles and an 18 wheeler tractor-trailer to collide with the livestock on U.S. Highway 277 North about eight miles north of Eagle Pass, Texas on…
Eagle Pass Independent School District Student Registration Period Underway
August 16th, 2017By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass Independent School District Student Registration Period is underway at all school campuses until Friday, August 18, 2017, as over 16,000 students are expected to enroll at the…
Eagle Pass Eagles and CC Winn Mavericks Football Teams Scrimmage August 18th, Eagles versus Somerset and Mavericks versus Carrizo Springs
August 16th, 2017By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass High School Eagles and C. C. Winn High School Mavericks football teams will participate in their first of two pre-season scrimmages this Friday, August 18, 2017,…
Eagle Pass Lady Eagles and CC Winn Lady Mavericks Volleyball Clash in Non-District Game on Wednesday, August 16th
August 16th, 2017By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles and C. C. Winn High School Lady Mavericks Volleyball Teams clash in a non-district game on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at the…
Study: Fast-Growing Texas Cities Are Hot – and Getting Hotter
August 15th, 2017By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The effects of climate change on temperatures don’t appear to be deterring people from moving to some of Texas’ largest cities, according to a new report. The website…
Comment Period Ending for Offshore Drilling
August 15th, 2017By: Veronica Carter, Public News Service – FL MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Just a couple of days are left to comment on a plan by the Trump administration to undo Obama-era protections for the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. President Trump has vowed…
Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map
August 15th, 2017by Alexa Ura and Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Aug. 15, 2017 Federal judges have invalidated two Texas congressional districts, ruling that they must be fixed by either the Legislature or a federal court. In a unanimous decision Tuesday, a…
