EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized alleged methamphetamine valued at more than half a million dollars at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry. “This interception of dangerous narcotics truly exemplifies the detailed and thorough work of our officers at our port,” said Port Director John…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Aug. 5, 2016 Thanks to the Texas Supreme Court, McAllen taxpayers cannot find out how much their city paid Enrique Iglesias to belt out his Latin pop lyrics at a holiday parade. And Houston cannot release, among other information, how many driver permits it…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2016 As Pete Gallego campaigns to take back his seat in Texas’ 23rd congressional district, the Alpine Democrat says he is discovering a unique kind of voter. “There are significant numbers, I think, of Trump voters who are Trump-Gallego voters,” Gallego said…

by Jessica Contrera, The Washington Post, The Texas Tribune Aug. 8, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Nearly one year after 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing a “suspicious-looking” homemade clock to class, his family has filed suit against his former Texas school district, the principal…

(Press Release) On Wednesday, August 3, 2016, an officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to a convenience store within the 2400 block of Del Rio Boulevard in reference to an unattended male child. The investigating officer located a 10 year old male child who with…

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Aug. 5, 2016 Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. Questionable election laws can have an unusually long shelf life. After years of litigation, Texas’ restrictive voter photo ID law is only now being weakened…

(Press Release) This year’s Sales Tax Holiday is Aug. 5 – 7. As in previous years, the law exempts most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced less than $100 from sales and use taxes, which could save shoppers about $8 on every $100 they spend. Subject to the criteria…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (KTTT), Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Group Health Plan, and the KTTT Group Health Plan Administrators, Lucio Garcia-Zuazua and Roberto L. Rodriguez, were slapped with a $2,113,995.15 lawsuit regarding breach of fiduciary duties of…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Independent School District announced its 2016-2017 school year student registration period opens on Monday, August 8, 2016 and runs through Friday, August 12, 2016 at the respective 19 school campuses in Eagle Pass, Texas.  Please read the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Middle Rio Grande Development Council Workforce Center announced that Toyota automotive manufacturing plant from San Antonio, Texas will be hosting a job fair on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at the MRGDC Workforce Center located at 1200 Ferry Street in…