Sunday, July 19, 2015, 1:16am: Officers assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to a bar on North Veterans Boulevard in reference to an assault. Officers spoke with an off duty Deputy who was employed as security for the bar at the time of the incident. Investigating…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved to give 30 days notice to UMB Bank as Trustee of the $43 Million Bondholders and the U.S. Marshal’s Service of its decision to cease operations of the Maverick County Detention Center, owned…

by Sophia Bollag, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2015 *Clarification appended Hospitals that serve large uninsured populations in Texas stand to lose critical funding if the state can’t convince the federal government to continue helping with the cost, doctors and health advocates told the state health department Thursday. With the…

District Attorney Roberto Serna reported this week that on July 14, 2015, in Maverick County, Texas, Belinda Montelongo pled guilty to the felony offense of Prohibited Substance in a Correctional Facility and will serve 4 years in prison. D.A. Roberto Serna also stated that the District Attorney’s Office has had…

(Press Release) AUSTIN – Today, Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos released numbers showing a pattern of continued growth in new business formations for the first half of 2015. “The Texas economy continues to grow as more businesses are established across the state,” said Secretary Cascos. “This increase represents optimism…

(Press Release) AUSTIN, Texas — Earlier this week CPPP released a policy brief showing that changes to the General Education Development (GED) test had led to fewer Texans taking the test and fewer passing it. Since our report came out, we have clarified additional data with the Texas Education Agency…

(Press Release) AUSTIN ⎯ Texas marked its third straight month of seasonally adjusted job growth with the addition of 16,700 nonagricultural jobs in June. The state has added jobs in 56 of the last 57 months, including a total of 53,600 positions in the first half of 2015. Over the…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court will hold a special meeting on Friday, July 17, 2015, at 5 P.M. at Commissioners Courtroom, 500 Quarry Street, Eagle Pass, Texas to discuss and take possible action on two very important agenda items concerning…

(Press Release) AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (“TDHCA”) today announced that it has awarded a $1 million contract to the City of Eagle Pass to continue funding operations of the Maverick County Colonia Self-Help Center, a state-funded resource promoting homeownership and self-sufficiency for residents in…

by Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune July 15, 2015 A rookie Texas Department of Criminal Justice guard was beaten to death Wednesday at a northeast Texas prison as he was transporting an inmate with an extensive history of attempted escapes and previous beatings of prison personnel from a day room…