by Jordan Rudner, The Texas Tribune April 4, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. In a unanimous decision released Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold Texas’ current system for drawing legislative districts so that they are roughly equal in population. The Supreme Court’s ruling is…

On April 1, 2016, at 8:15 am, Officers at the Eagle Pass High School responded to the intersection of Second St. / N. Bibb Ave. in reference to a motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian (student). Upon arrival, officers rendered aid and reported the incident to the Eagle Pass Police…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report showing that Texas can greatly improve access to behavioral health services for its residents by expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Substance use disorders and mental illness are prevalent and serious public health problems in American communities. In…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune March 31, 2016 Nuevo León Governor Jaime Rodríguez Calderón thinks state leaders have a right and an obligation to defend their borders, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is no different. But Rodríguez, the swashbuckling cowboy known as “El Bronco” who in June 2015 became…

By Matthew Watkins and Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune Moments after Stephanie Quintero walked into her first college chemistry class last fall, she knew that the University of Texas at Austin would be nothing like Carver High. Quintero had breezed through her four years at the Houston-area high school. But…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune March 31, 2016 COTULLA — David Nickell thumbed over a photo of yellow-orange flames on his cell phone. The early morning pipeline explosion from several months ago was among the more memorable days in a job full of them. “We’ve got lots of little…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune March 29, 2016 Texas lags most other states in preparing high schoolers for college and needs to update its readiness standards, including oversight of dual credit courses, Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner Raymund Paredes told state senators at a hearing on Tuesday. And some…

Uvalde, Texas – The Eta Beta Chapter of the international honor society Phi Theta Kappa inducted 32 new members this spring at Southwest Texas Junior College during a ceremony held on March 3 in Uvalde. New members inducted include Seth Andres, Bobby Arambula, Nicole Arambula, Yazmin Avila, Tiffany Benavides, Chantal…

In San Antonio, 54-year-old Jose A. Ytuarte, a former Texas Department of Public Safety Customer Service Representative in Hondo, TX, pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to provide fraudulent drivers’ licenses to undocumented aliens announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas registered voters will determine if the City’s Fire Fighters and Police Officers will be allowed to have collective bargaining rights concerning their employment with the City of Eagle Pass at a special election…