by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 9, 2016 The program affects only about 2 percent of Texas college students, but getting rid of in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants will be a priority for Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick when lawmakers convene next year. Passed with near-unanimous consent in 2001,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business  Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Officials at Alpine High School in Alpine, Texas near the Big Bend National Park reported an active shooter on campus during the morning of Thursday, September 8, 2016, before 9 a.m., causing a lockdown of the high school campus…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Sept. 8, 2016 State regulators last year documented 276 new cases of groundwater contamination across Texas, a slight increase compared to 2014 but far fewer than in years past. That’s according to the annual “Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report” published last week by…

(Press Release) EAGLE PASS, TEXAS – IBC Bank-Eagle Pass, along with the Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce, partnered up to host the “Give Cancer the Boot” western-themed mixer and silent auction to raise funds for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. IBC Bank executives, community leaders and friends throughout…

by Johnathan Silver, The Texas Tribune Sept. 7, 2016 DALLAS — Already facing calls to limit when teenagers are treated as adults in the criminal justice system, Texas lawmakers next year may also see legislation trying to keep preteens from being shunted into the juvenile justice system. At a legislative…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Del Rio, Texas resident Rene De Los Santos Olveda filed a lawsuit and application for a temporary restraining order against automotive parts maker Takata de Mexico and TK Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Takata Corporation, in the 365th Judicial…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 7, 2016 The five candidates to fill federal court seats in Texas promised the state’s U.S. senators on Wednesday that if confirmed, they would steer clear of judicial activism. The issue arose during a brief Washington, D.C., hearing of the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks will host their cross-town rival, Eagle Pass High School Eagles, in the 11th Annual City Football Championship on Friday, September 9, 2016, at 7:30 P.M. at the Eagle Pass…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Sept. 7, 2016 The federal government is accusing Texas of circulating “inaccurate or misleading information” to poll workers and would-be voters about relaxed identification requirements for the November elections. “Limited funds are being spent on inaccurate materials,” the U.S. Department of Justice wrote in…

(Press Release) – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station arrested a known gang member, convicted of sexual assault. “The men and women of the United States Border Patrol are committed to keeping the American people safe,” said Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Matthew J….