By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Sheriff Department reported a single automobile rollover accident during the early morning hours of Friday, November 11, 2016 on FM 2644 in southern Maverick County, Texas, between El Indio, Texas and Carrizo Springs, Texas, which claimed the life…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Nov. 9, 2016 LAREDO, Texas — About 10 miles out from where Interstate 35 in Texas ends and Mexico begins, the crackle of the Spanish-language radio came to life on Wednesday as the disc jockey offered some unsolicited advice. “Be vigilant at work, be…

by Jay Root and Travis Putnam Hill, The Texas Tribune Nov. 10, 2016 The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. This part of the project focuses on how violent gang warfare and grinding poverty are driving new waves of Central American…

by Jolie McCullough and Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Nov. 9, 2016 Election watchers predicted — and Democrats hoped — that outrage over Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s disparaging remarks about Hispanics would propel them to the Texas polls in unprecedented numbers. At first glance, it appears those predictions were…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Over 30,000 registered voters are enlisted in the November 8, 2016 Maverick County Voter Registration List.  Out of these 30,000 plus registered voters, a record high 13,976 voters in Maverick County cast a ballot in the national, federal, state, and…

by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune Nov. 9, 2016 With Republican control of the U.S. House, Senate and White House solidified under a presumptive Donald Trump administration, the 1.2 million Texans with health insurance under President Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act face an uncertain future. The health law, known as…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Nov. 9, 2016 Donald Trump’s shocking victory in Tuesday’s presidential race has further emboldened GOP officials in one of the reddest states in America. While some Texas Republicans have had their disagreements with Trump, his triumph over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton gave the party…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Democrat incumbent Texas State Senator Carlos I. Uresti defeated Republican challenger Peter P. Flores and Libertarian Maximilian Martin to easily win re-election to another four year term as District 19 State Senator in the November 8, 2016 General Election. Senator…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Republican incumbent U.S. House of Representative, Texas-23rd District, edged Democrat challenger Pete P. Gallego by the slim margin of only 3,767 votes out of a total of 226,582 votes cast in the 23rd Congressional District to win re-election to a…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Democratic incumbent Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber easily won re-election to another four year term over challenger Republican Anthony Ramirez with 10,037 total votes (75.35%) compared to Ramirez’s 3,284 votes (24.65%) at the November 8, 2016 General Election. Schmerber jumped…