by Aman Batheja, The Texas Tribune Nov. 6, 2015 A Travis County district judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday by the city of Austin that challenged the state’s property tax system. Austin filed the lawsuit in August, arguing that the appraised values of billions of dollars in commercial and vacant land…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks dropped their 2015 football season finale against the District 29-5A leading Somerset High School Bulldogs 26-15 on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the Eagle Pass Independent School District Cozel Foster-Veterans…

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Nov. 6, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated. To avoid confusion and uncertainty, the state’s 2016 elections for Congress and the Texas House will proceed under the current political maps, a three-judge federal panel in San Antonio said late Friday. The court…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Nov. 6, 2015 How Energy Future Holdings emerges from one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in American history holds major implications for Texas ratepayers and the electric grid. That’s gotten plenty of attention, and for good reason. But as Texas’ biggest power company continues…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Nov. 5, 2015 A new Texas House committee will investigate how federal environmental rules affect the state and its economy. House Speaker Joe Straus on Thursday announced that the House Committee on Federal Environmental Regulation will examine a litany of new U.S. Environmental Protection…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Former Maverick County Commissioner of Precinct 3 Jose Luis Rosales and his attorney, Rogelio Martin Munoz of Uvalde, Texas announced to U.S. District Judge Alia Moses for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, in Del Rio, Texas…

by Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune Nov. 5, 2015 *Correction appended After discovering that a Houston psychologist was vouching for the mental health of future police officers without meeting them face-to-face, the state’s law enforcement licensing agency is revamping its entire system of screening police, jailers and dispatchers to prevent…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Former Maverick County Justice of the Peace of Precinct 3 A-B Cesar Iracheta and his attorney, Jaime Cavazos of San Antonio, Texas announced to U.S. District Judge Alia Moses for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, in…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Nov. 5, 2015 The University of Texas System plans to build a new campus on 300 acres in the southwestern part of Houston, an initiative its leaders say will drastically expand the system’s presence in the state’s biggest city. It’s not yet clear whether…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 An Eagle Pass Business Journal exclusive review of the monthly activity reports of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas Police Department found that the number of reported Sexual Assault cases has skyrocketed by a 107% increase from 2014 to…