Justice Department Announces Resources to Assist State and Local Reform of Fine and Fee Practices
March 14th, 2016The Department of Justice today announced a package of resources to assist state and local efforts to reform harmful and unlawful practices in certain jurisdictions related to the assessment and enforcement of fines and fees. The resources are meant to support the ongoing work of state judges, court administrators, policymakers…
Obama: Texas Leaders “Aren’t Interested” in Higher Voter Turnout
March 11th, 2016by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune March 11, 2016 * Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Texas’ Republican leadership has stifled voter turnout, and the public sector should do more to encourage online voting and other civic engagement, President Barack Obama said in an interview Friday with Tribune…
The Right To Vote Just Got Terrible News From A Conservative Federal Appeals Court
March 11th, 2016By: Ian Millhiser It’s probably about to get a whole lot harder for hundreds of thousands of Texans to exercise their right to vote. Last August, a three-judge panel of the conservative United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that Texas’s voter ID law violates the Voting…
U.S.- Mexico Border Business Leaders Join to Support Economic Vitality Of Border Region
March 11th, 2016LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Today, business, trade and economic development organizations along the U.S. – Mexico Border held the first private sector-led meeting with the mission of strengthening border ties and addressing the unique economic promise of the border region. More than a dozen organizations convened in Las Vegas, Nevada,…
Mexican Media Mogul Rolando Gonzalez Trevino receives Five Years Community Supervision Sentence in Federal Court
March 11th, 2016By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, in San Antonio, Texas sentenced Mexican media mogul Rolando Gonzalez Trevino, who owns a broadcast television station in Eagle Pass, Texas located on North Veterans…
Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees Fail to Take Action on Former EPHS Principal Vale Moreno Grievance for Wrongful Reassignment, affirming Superintendent’s decision
March 9th, 2016By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees held their regular meeting on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, considering former Eagle Pass High School Principal Vale Moreno’s Level III Grievance against Superintendent Gilberto Gonzalez reassignment of him to Ray…
2016 Eagle Pass International Friendship Festival to be held March 18-27th, features fun & entertainment for everyone
March 9th, 2016By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The traditional annual Eagle Pass International Friendship Festival will be held during March 18-27, 2016, announced Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Sandra Martinez. One of the highlight of the International Friendship Festival is the huge Amusement Carnival,…
Maverick County Residents raise concerns regarding Commissioners Court lack of action against Illegal Junkyards
March 9th, 2016By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Many Maverick County residents attended the Maverick County Commissioners Court meeting held on Monday, February 22, 2016 to anxiously await Commissioners Court action against several illegal salvage or junkyards within Maverick County near residential subdivisions and to express their…
Maverick County Middle-Age Voters participated the greatest in March 1st Primary Election, Young Voters had lowest participation rate
March 9th, 2016By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass Business Journal did an exclusive investigation of the voting participation rates among Maverick County registered voters during the March 1, 2016 Democratic Party Primary Election, finding that Middle-Age voters between the ages of 41-65 years old…
Eagle Pass Teen Driver Advisory Board presents Report to City Council
March 9th, 2016By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Eagle Pass’s Teen Driver Advisory Board presented the City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council a report concerning the status of Teen Driving in the State of Texas at their February 2, 2016 meeting. Pablo Garcia and Miguel Maldonado,…
