by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune July 28, 2016 The state’s most powerful courts don’t exactly resemble the population outside of their chambers. Though Latinos make up more than a quarter of the state’s voting-age population, just one — Justice Eva Guzman — sits on the nine-member Texas Supreme Court….

by Johnathan Silver, The Texas Tribune July 27, 2016 Almost 7,000 individuals in Texas have died while in police custody or behind bars over the past 10 years, according to an online report released Wednesday by a University of Texas at Austin research institute. Nearly 2,000 people who died had…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Eagle Pass, Texas attorney Alberto M. Ramon is well-known for his love of deer hunting, but he never imagined in his wildest dreams that a deer would one day jump in his path of travel on the highway and…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Students attend school to get an education and learn, but never do they go to school to get assaulted in a classroom. A C.C. Winn High School 15 year old female freshman student was assaulted by a 17 year old…

(Press Release) Austin, TX — Open carry laws are superfluous. The legislation was an answer to the insatiable appetite of far right primary voters, not a solution to making Texas safer. At best, open carry laws do nothing for safety, and at worst, they are dangerous, creating confusion about who…

(Press Release) Eagle Pass, Tx, July 27, 2016: Mr. Gilberto Gonzalez, Superintendent of Eagle Pass Independent School District, is pleased to announce the School Board’s approval of a 3.1% salary raise for Professionals, Campus Administrators, Non-Campus Administrators, Paraprofessionals, and Manual Trades employees. At the July 26 Special Board Meeting, the…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune July 27, 2016 PHILADELPHIA — Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Wednesday morning used a thank-you speech to Texas delegates to sound the alarm about the Republican foe his party’s nominee now faces: Donald Trump. “It goes without saying that in the next…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Two Eagle Pass Boys and Girls Club members are participating in the 2016 Ringside World Boxing Championship during July 25-July 31, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri, announced Alfonso Mallen, Executive Director of the Eagle Pass Boys and Girls Club….

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune July 25, 2016 After undergoing mediation, the state of Texas has reached an agreement with undocumented families in a lawsuit over its denial to issue birth certificates to children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants. The state will clarify and expand the types…

(Press Release) DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working checkpoint operations in Eagle Pass, seized over $600,000 worth of liquid methamphetamine. “The profit from these narcotics are more important to the criminal organizations than the negative impact they have on communities,” said Acting Del Rio Sector Chief Matthew…