UT, Mexico Sign Deal to Collaborate on Research
July 10th, 2015by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune July 9, 2015 The Mexican government signed a deal with the University of Texas at Austin on Thursday that will bring some of that country’s top science and technology researchers to work temporarily in Austin. Mexican government grants will pay for the trips so…
Award-Winning Film Made In and About Eagle Pass Comes Home For Premiere
July 9th, 2015Filmmakers Bill and Turner Ross will return to Eagle Pass, Texas, on Friday July 17, to show their award-winning documentary “WESTERN,” which they filmed in the town and Piedras Negras, Mexico. The film will screen at the Student Activities Center Fine Arts Auditorium, on July 17 at 7:30 pm, and…
Eagle Passan Juan Bautista Esquenazi Passes Away at Age 79
July 9th, 2015Juan Bautista Esquenazi, 79, of Eagle Pass, passed away on June 20, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas after bravely confronting cancer and Parkinson’s disease for a little over a year. He was born on March 6, 1936 in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. His family moved to Guadalajara where he left school…
Juvenile Board temporarily suspends 293rd Judicial District Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Bruce Ballou & two others pending investigation of exploitation of juvenile probationers
July 9th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal 2015 Copyright The Juvenile Board of Maverick, Dimmit, and Zavala Counties held a meeting on Monday, July 6, 2015 at the Dimmit County District Courthouse in Carrizo Springs, Texas and approved to temporarily suspend with pay three employees of the 293rd Judicial…
Exposición de Arte Infantil “El Quijote de la Mancha”
July 9th, 2015El Consulado de México y el Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior (IME) en coordinación con Casa de las Artes de Piedras Negras, Coahuila, tienen el agrado de invitarlos a la inauguración de la Exposición de Arte Infantil “El Quijote de la Mancha”, el día martes 14 de julio…
Maverick County’s Total Debt is $70 Million in 2013
July 8th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Copyright 2015 According to Texas Transparency (texastransparency.org), Maverick County has the highest total debt among counties its population size in the State of Texas with a total debt of $70,980,000 in 2013, including an outstanding tax supported debt of $31,240,000. Maverick…
Consulado de Mexico Tendra Jornada Sabatina el 18 de Julio
July 8th, 2015Con el propósito de atender la alta demanda de pasaportes mexicanos y/o matrículas consulares, el Consulado de México estará realizando una Jornada Sabatina el sábado 18 de JULIO de 9:00 a 15:00 horas. Para agendar su cita puede hacerlo vía telefónica en Mexitel al número 1877 639 48 35 (desde…
Eagle Pass Independent School District to participate in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
July 8th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Copyright 2015 The United States Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that Healthy Futures of Texas has been awarded a five year $4.3 Million Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grant to evaluate the effectiveness of ‘Big Decisions’ among predominantly…
Commissioners Court approve to transfer $800K from Road & Bridge Department to General Fund
July 8th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court approved to transfer up to $800,000 from the County Road and Bridge Department’s 2014 Fiscal Year Budget to the County’s General Fund to assist the County pay its financial obligations for the remaining months of…
Commissioners Court Replace Independent Auditing Firm Martinez Rosario & Company for New One Who Did Not Submit a Written Proposal
July 8th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Copyright 2015 Maverick County Commissioners Court approved to replace former County Independent Auditing Firm of Martinez Rosario and Company, LLP, under the leadership of Ismael “Milo” Martinez of San Antonio, Texas for a new one, Beyer & Company, CPA, of Pleasanton,…
