By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Collections Department Head Ruben Montemayor was terminated on Friday, January 8, 2016, by County Judge David R. Saucedo according to a written letter signed by Judge Saucedo and hand delivered to Montemayor. According to the letter, Montemayor…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Dimmit, Maverick and Zavala Counties Juvenile Board approved to table agenda item numbers 4 and 5 concerning the discussion to hear complaints or charges against the Chief Juvenile Probation Officer for the Dimmit, Maverick and Zavala Counties Probation…

by Elahe Izadi and Joshua Partlow, The Washington Post, The Texas Tribune Jan. 8, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who escaped from a maximum-security prison in Mexico nearly six months ago, has been recaptured, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Friday….

San Antonio, TX—Senator Carlos Uresti joins the Legislative Budget Board as part of an interim reshuffling of committee assignments by Lt. Gov. Patrick preceding the retirement of two longtime state senators. Uresti becomes the first Senator who resides in San Antonio to serve on the LBB since its creation in…

According to figures released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, consumers in Texas are actively engaged in selecting health insurance coverage for 2016.  Among those reenrolling customers in Texas, 55 percent came back, reviewed their information and actively selected a Marketplace plan. For context, studies looking at…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 South Texas was rocked again with another corruption case against its public officials on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, as a multiple law enforcement agencies’ task force arrested Cameron County, Texas Tax Assessor-Collector Tony Yzaguirre, Jr. and three of his…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 An Eagle Pass, Texas teenage girl, age 16, was sexually assaulted by two or more men at a location near Rosita Valley Road in southern Maverick County during New Year’s Day, January 1, 2016, announced Maverick County Sheriff Tom…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Crystal City, Texas Councilman Marco Antonio Rodriguez was arrested on January 2, 2016 by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agents for attempting to smuggle three undocumented aliens into the United States, according to a Criminal Complaint…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas in Austin, Texas denied the City of Eagle Pass, Texas, Maverick County, Maverick County Hospital District, Maverick County Environmental and Public Health Association, and George Baxter’s appeal of the…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass City Council unanimously approved to keep open the application period for the vacant City Manager position until the next City Council meeting addresses this issue at their regular meeting held on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. Currently,…