SWTJC cross country kicks off 2017 season
(Press Release) – The SWTJC Cross Country team kicked off the season at Texas Lutheran University on Saturday (Sept. 16) in Seguin, Texas. The men’s team placed seventh in the team division, while the top finisher for SWTJC was Arturo Valdez…
SBA Makes Changes to its Surety Bond Program
September 18th, 2017WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration has noted two important changes to its Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program that will increase contract opportunities for small contractors, supporting them to grow their business operations. The changes will become effective on…
293rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office Hosts Cognitive Interviewing Training Seminar
September 18th, 2017(Press Release) District Attorney Roberto Serna announced that the 293rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office, through the Border Prosecution Unit and the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office hosted a Cognitive Interviewing training presented by Mike Bryant, Retired Supervisory Special Agent Dept. of…
Florida and Texas Need Immigrants to Rebuild
September 18th, 2017By: Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact With Hurricanes Irma and Harvey ravaging much of Florida and Texas, the states will soon begin a substantial, years-long rebuilding process. The aftermath of previous natural disasters has shown that much of that rebuilding process…
Trump Administration Issues New Visa Sanctions on Four Countries, In Retaliation for Their Stance on Deportation
September 18th, 2017By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Following through on a directive from President Trump made during his first week in office, the State Department on Monday invoked a rarely-used law to impose visa restrictions on Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea, and Sierra Leone,…
Supreme Court Restores a Portion of Trump’s Travel Ban, In Continuous Chess Match
September 18th, 2017By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact In a unanimous decision, the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court’s decision on Friday in Hawaii v. Trump, allowing extended family members as well as certain refugees to enter the United States. In doing so,…
Texas public school districts may now store, not trash, leftover food
September 18th, 2017by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Sept. 15, 2017 In more than 40 years of working in El Paso ISD’s cafeterias, Olimpia Estrada has seen the amount of wasted food drop dramatically as officials have established programs allowing the redistribution…
New law lets Texas drivers help tackle the state’s rape kit testing backlog
September 18th, 2017by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Sept. 18, 2017 State Rep. Victoria Neave agrees that everyday Texans shouldn’t have to pass around a figurative hat to help rape victims get justice; footing the costly bill to test sexual assault kits…
Houston looks to Supreme Court to resolve same-sex marriage benefits fight
September 18th, 2017by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Sept. 18, 2017 After the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage does not fully address the right to marriage benefits, the city of Houston is now looking to the…
City of Eagle Pass, Maverick County, and Maverick County Environmental and Public Health Association Appellate Oral Arguments in TCEQ Water Discharge Permit to Dos Republicas Coal Partnership Rescheduled to October 5th
September 18th, 2017By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas, Maverick County, and the Maverick County Public Environmental and Public Health Associati0n’s Appellate Oral Arguments in the Texas Commission of Enrvironment Quality (TCEQ) Renewal…
Eagle Pass Eagles Claw Eagle Pass Winn Mavericks 34-7 in 12th Annual City Football Championship
September 15th, 2017By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles clawed their cross-town rival Eagle Pass C.C. Winn High School Mavericks 34-7 in the 12th Annual City Football Championship series on Friday, September 15,…
