Maverick County Hospital District Board postpones appointment of new replacement Board of Director
October 7th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors approved to postpone the appointment of a new repalcement Board of Director in a split 2 to 1 vote due to the lack of all Board members not being present at…
U.S. and Five Gulf States Reach Historic Settlement with BP to Resolve Civil Lawsuit Over Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
October 6th, 2015The United States today joins the five Gulf states in announcing a settlement to resolve civil claims against BP arising from the April 20, 2010 Macondo well blowout and the massive oil spill that followed in the Gulf of Mexico. This global settlement resolves the governments’ civil claims under the…
Clinic Manager Guilty of Health Care Fraud
October 6th, 2015HOUSTON – The owner and operator of Elite P. Care Medical Services has been convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and health care fraud in a $1 million fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Verona Spicer, 46, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt. Spicer…
Physician Sentenced to Federal Prison for his Role in an Estimated $7.3 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
October 6th, 2015In El Paso, former William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) physician and Army Lt. Col. Richard Craig Rooney of Medina, WA, age 46, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in an estimated $7.3 million Health Care fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin,…
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Seizes 1,300 Pounds of Marijuana
October 6th, 2015DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,300 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of more than $1,000,000 in five different incidents. “Our agents are committed to disrupting the flow of illegal narcotics into the country,” said Del Rio…
Eagle Pass C. C. Winn Mavericks lassoed by Medina Valley Panthers 28-7
October 3rd, 2015By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School thundering Mavericks were lassoed by the visiting Medina Valley High School Panthers 28-7 in a key District 29-5A football game on Friday, October 2, 2015, at the Eagle Pass Independent School…
DPS Chief Calls Harassment Claims “Garbage”
October 2nd, 2015by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Oct. 1, 2015 LAREDO — Claims that state troopers are harassing residents along the border are “garbage,” the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety said Thursday. “That’s garbage, that’s the bottom line,” DPS Director Steve McCraw said of accusations that troopers sent…
In Texas, Injured Workers Struggle to Be Counted
October 2nd, 2015by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Oct. 2, 2015 On any given day across Texas, truck drivers might crash their vehicles, construction workers tumble from scaffolding or refinery workers inhale nauseating fumes. But many of their injuries will be documented poorly by employers and insurance companies. Some will go unreported…
Judge Presses State on Birth Certificate Denials
October 2nd, 2015by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Oct. 2, 2015 A federal judge on Friday repeatedly asked an attorney for the state of Texas if denying birth certificates to dozens of U.S.-citizen children is an appropriate response to a problem whose scope is still unknown. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman heard…
Tuition Increases May Be Coming for UT-Austin, Other System Schools
October 2nd, 2015by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Oct. 2, 2015 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. The cost of attending the University of Texas at Austin and other UT System schools could soon rise. At a meeting Friday, the UT System’s governing board approved a framework that would allow…
