By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported a single 18 wheeler propane gas trailer rollover on Texas Highway 83 South between Eagle Pass, Texas and Carrizo Springs, Texas on Monday, November 21, 2016 during the early morning hours, leaving the driver…

Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees held a regular meeting on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at 6 P.M.at the EPISD District Service Center Conference Room, located at 1420 Eidson Road, Eagle Pass, Texas, to canvass the November 8,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors held a special meeting on Friday, November 19, 2016, at 12 Noon at the District’s Second Floor Conference Room, located at 3406 Bob Rogers Drive, to canvass the November 8, 2016 Election…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Nov. 18, 2016 Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in The Washington Post. Patricia Gomez has already experienced the paralyzing fear of almost losing her father. The memories from 11 years ago are hazy, but Gomez, a 21-year-old undocumented immigrant from Honduras…

by Elena Mejia Lutz, The Texas Tribune Nov. 17, 2016 Five years ago, Texas passed one of the strictest Voter ID laws in the country. The legal fight began immediately and has continued through this day, with critics of the law getting some assistance from the Obama administration’s Justice Department….

by Joe Ellis, KXAN, The Texas Tribune Nov. 16, 2016 The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. Sign up to get story alerts. HIDALGO and STARR COUNTIES – In two key counties, less than a quarter of the “high-threat criminals” arrested…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Nov. 16, 2016 The State Board of Education voted 14-0 Wednesday to deny the adoption of a Mexican-American studies textbook decried by opponents as racist and inaccurate. The textbook, titled “Mexican American Heritage,” was the only submission the board received when it made a…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The 2016 Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks Football Team’s history making season continues this Friday, November 18, 2016 with the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Region IV, Division I 5A Area Championship game against the Laredo Nixon…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Eagle Pass attorneys Hector Gonzalez and Antonio Gonzalez of Gonzalez & Associates P.C. announced the hiring of Legal Assistant Carlos “Charlie” Moreno, Jr. and Legal Investigator Teodoro “Ted” Cano at the law firm effective November 15, 2016.  “We are pleased…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Hospital District Chief Executive Officer Terri Contreras-Patlan successfully completed and graduated from the intensive seven months long “Leaders Across Borders Program” sponsored by the United States-Mexico Health Commission on October 9, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona. “Leaders Across Borders”…