by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Nov. 13, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Setting up what could be a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up a legal challenge to Texas’ 2013 abortion law, which could shut down about half of…

McALLEN, Texas – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas unsealed an indictment today charging two elected members of the School Board of Donna with bribery and attempted extortion in connection with a services contract held by the Donna Independent School District (DISD). A private citizen who…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Nov. 12, 2015 Editor’s note: This story was updated Nov. 13 to clarify who will be affected by the tuition increase. Citing a need to keep up with inflation, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday increased tuition at all of…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station arrested a Mexican national, convicted of sexual assault who had been previously deported. “The security of our nation’s borders is the primary goal of the U.S. Border Patrol,” said Chief Patrol Agent, Del Rio Sector…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Maverick County, state, and federal election season gets underway on Saturday, November 14, 2015 with the opening of the candidates registration period. The candidates registration period runs through December 14 , 2015, the last day to register as…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass City Council heard an update on the proposed plastic bag ordinance that was begun in 2012 but had been placed on hold after two of the three readings required to be approved. During the course of…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The controversial Dos Republicas Coal Partnership (DRCP) amended application for a Texas Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit No. WQ0003511000 to discharge its Eagle Pass Coal Mine waste and stormwaters into Elm Creek and Rio Grande River will be heard…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Nov. 9, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional comment. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has once again ruled against the Obama administration’s controversial immigration program, upholding a lower court’s injunction barring the plan from…

By:  Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. , Copyright 2015 Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced the Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a young child bitten by rats in his home in the City of Eagle Pass, Texas on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. The child was…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced that Juan F. Hernandez, age 60, was found dead by hanging at his residence in Deer Run Subdivision in Eagle Pass, Texas on Tuesday, November 10, 2015.  The Maverick County Sheriff’s Office preliminary…