Austin, TX – Today Senator Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio) filed SB 385, legislation that will increase the security of our voter registration process at a savings to taxpayers. “Under my bill, we’ll have a way to match potential voters to our state driver’s license database and require a match before…

by Ryan McCrimmon and Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune Jan. 28, 2015 There may have been enough Poncho Nevárezes in the Texas House on Wednesday to make quorum. Dozens of House members wore name tags on the floor with the words “I’m Poncho,” a show of solidarity with the Eagle…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Del Rio, Texas City Council unanimously approved to table the sale of sewer-treated water to Dos Republicas Coal Partnership for use in its controversial open surface coal mine known as Eagle Pass Mine in Eagle Pass,…

By: Laura Nelson Eagle Pass, Texas-Héctor J. Cerna, President and CEO of the International Bank of Commerce and the President of Sul Ross State University, Dr. Bill Kibler, signed a scholarship agreement on Friday, Jan. 23 in Eagle Pass. The Antonio R. Sanchez, Sr. Memorial Scholarship will provide $1,000 per…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A 16 year old Eagle Pass, Texas teenager, Lorenzo Alexander, and student at Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School was first reported missing on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, to Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico law enforcement authorities was found…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Junior Livestock Show & Sale Association hosts the 2015 Jesus “Chuy” Sanchez Cowboy Breakfast on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, from 7 A.M. to 9 A.M. at the Zan Mathies Maverick County Showbarn at the Maverick County…

State Senator Carlos I. Uresti presented written comments and objections to Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s application for renewal and expansion of a permit to discharge coal mining waste and storm waters into Elm Creek and the Rio Grande River from the controversial Eagle Pass Mine at the Texas Commission on…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County governmental entities, public officials, health care representatives, ranchers, farmers, landowners, teachers, retired persons, U.S. Veterans, Native American Tribal leaders, college students, high school students, housewives, and many other citizens overwhelmingly objected to and questioned the proposed Dos…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The documentary film titled “Western,” which was filmed in Eagle Pass, Texas and in Piedras Negras Coahuila, Mexico featuring former Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster and cattleman Martin Wall, will be premiering on Sunday, January 25, 2015 through January…

Falcon International Bank announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with PlainsCapital Bank for the purchase of a full service bank branch located at 275 South Bibb Avenue, Eagle Pass, Texas. The transaction will add to Falcon Bank approximately $16 million in assets, $13 million in loans,…