by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Nov. 5, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Asserting that the faculty and leadership in the University of Texas System doesn’t match the make-up of the students, Chancellor Bill McRaven said Thursday that he will require that a woman or minority…

AUSTIN – Texas marks a grim milestone this weekend as at least one fatality has occurred each and every day on state roadways since Nov. 7, 2000. That’s 5,478 consecutive days with at least one fatality. In an effort to end this deadly 15-year streak, the Texas Department of Transportation,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court approved to authorize its legal counsel to appeal the 13th Texas Court of Appeals decision concerning Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s application for a flood zone construction permit from Maverick County at their meeting on Tuesday,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Maverick County Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8562 will host the 2015 Veterans Day Ceremony on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at the Maverick County Lake Veterans Memorial Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Veterans…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Just a few months after graduating from Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School in June 2015, Eagle Passan Jesus Max Vallejo, age 18, promising life was cut short after being struck by a hit and run driver in…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Four Eagle Pass, Texas residents in two separate real estate transactions have sued Eagle Pass real estate investor Jose Alfredo Casares for fraud, deceptive trade practices, and violation of the Texas Property Code, according to Plaintiffs Verified Petition for…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo announced a press conference on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at 5:30 P.M. at the Maverick County Commissioners Courtroom, located at 500 Quarry Street, in Eagle Pass, Texas, to announce the appointment of a…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioner of Precinct 3 Jose Luis Rosales tendered a letter of resignation effective immediately on Monday, November 2, 2015, one day before his federal court criminal case rearraingment and docket control hearing before U.S. District Judge Alia…

Friday, October 30, 2015, 10:25pm: Officers assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to an assault within the 100 block of Ceylon Street. Investigating officers were informed of three (3) male subjects who arrived at the residence in a dark colored vehicle and assaulted a 19 year…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioner Precinct 3 Jose Luis Rosales is scheduled to appear for rearraingment and docket call hearing on the pending federal corruption criminal case on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 before U.S. District Court Judge Alia Moses in Del…