The Eagle Pass Independent School District has partnered with local businesses throughout our city to highlight the Teacher of the Month program, which honors educators who have made a difference in our community. The program recognizes outstanding kindergarten, elementary, junior high, and high school teachers in Eagle Pass, Texas. Mrs….

As part of Beauty Revived, a photography movement, Erin Perez is asked for nominations for beautiful mothers in Eagle Pass to be featured in a national magazine. The beauty of these women were not be measured by their waist size or flare for fashion. No, these women were be chosen…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune March 20, 2016 For more than three decades, Calisto Camacho lived precariously. A legal permanent resident living in the United States since 1984, the 52-year-old Mexican native married, became a father of six and had steady employment, but he put off becoming a naturalized…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune LAS VEGAS — After meeting with Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign, Hispanic conservative leaders are expressing concern that the Texas senator is in favor of “self-deportation,” an immigration position that helped defeat the last Republican nominee. Speaking with reporters Monday ahead of the fifth GOP…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Commissioners Court meeting held on Monday March 14, 2016 turned into a hot debate between County Commissioner Precinct 4 Roberto Ruiz and County Judge David R. Saucedo wherein Commissioner Ruiz accused Judge Saucedo of “railroading the situation”…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Business Journal did an exclusive study on the poverty rate of Maverick County, Texas during the past 15 years, finding that generally the poverty rate in Maverick County has increased and fluctuated during the past 15…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Commissioners Court approved to refinance two 2009 County Bonds in order to save taxpayers money and issue new Maverick County, Texas Limited Tax Refunding Bonds Series 2016 at their meeting held on Monday, March 14, 2016. During…

by Jordan Rudner, The Texas Tribune March 16, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Despite pledges from Senate Republicans to deny a hearing or vote to any nominee this year, President Barack Obama nominated D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday morning. Garland…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune March 14, 2016 Tens of thousands of Texans live in places where the drinking water contains toxic levels of arsenic — a known carcinogen — and the state isn’t doing enough to discourage them from consuming it, according to a new report from an…

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune March 15, 2016 Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. The governor of Texas thinks that fraud in the electoral system that put him and others in office is “rampant.” He can’t back that up….