by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Sept. 28, 2016 Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. “Local” might be the byword for fancy farm-to-market restaurants, but it can be a dirty word at the Texas Capitol. The state Legislature has become…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors unanimously appointed retired educator and administrator Adolfo “Fito” Olivares, Jr. to fill the vacant Board of Directors position at their regular meeting held on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 in Eagle Pass, Texas….

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 28, 2016 The $800 million border security operation passed by state lawmakers has helped seal off parts of the state’s southern border. But the surge has also made the rest of the area more of a hotbed for illegal activity, the state’s top…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Commissioners Court has posted notice of a special meeting on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 5 P.M. at Commissioners Courtroom in the Maverick County Courthouse, 500 Quarry Street, in Eagle Pass, Texas, to address their alleged miscalculation of…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 27, 2016 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Seven months after Pope Francis made history by visiting this city once considered the deadliest in the Americas, pedestrians can still see a billboard celebrating his visit looming right across the border over downtown El Paso. It’s…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Over 100 Million American and worldwide citizens witnessed a stunning knockout scored by Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton over Republican Donald J. Trump in the First Presidential Debate held on September 26, 2016 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles muzzled the visiting Laredo LBJ High School Wolves 28-25 in a hard fought District 29-6A football game on Monday, September 26, 2016 after a lightning suspension of the same game on Saturday,…

by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune Sept. 23, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a comment from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. A significant cut to the amount of money Texas pays therapists who treat children with disabilities was finally cleared to take effect —…

(Press Release) On September 25, 2016, at 6:13am, Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to the Cleo’s convenience store on El Indio Highway in regards to a hold up alarm. Investigating officers were informed of two (2) male subjects who entered the store wearing all black clothing. One of the male…

By: Miguel Munoz,  Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A group of concerned Maverick County taxpayers allege that Maverick County Commissioners Court miscalculated the Notice of 2016 Tax Year Proposed Property Tax Rate for General Fund for Maverick County published in a local newspaper by not including the amount…