by Liz Crampton, The Texas Tribune June 25, 2015 The biggest federal housing subsidy program in Texas — which awarded $9.7 billion in tax credits from 1990 to 2011 — effectively has been reinforcing segregated housing, the U.S. Supreme Court found Thursday. The high court ruled 5-4 against the state…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council approved to authorize City Manager Gloria Barrientos to write a letter to the City of Eagle Pass Water Works System (EPWWS) Board of Trustees and management requesting them to follow the City of Eagle…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County’s financial problems continue to grow as the City of Eagle Pass City Council approved to draft a letter to County Judge David R. Saucedo requesting payment for Fire Protection and EMS ambulance services and trash collection services…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A former Eagle Pass Fire Department Fire Fighter, Cesar G. Garza, filed a lawsuit against the City of Eagle Pass in the 365th Judicial District Court in Maverick County, Texas on June 11, 2015, alleging that the City of…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Over 25 Eagle Pass citizens expressed their disappointment of the City of Eagle Pass’ response to their complaint against the building and permitting of a crematorium by a local funeral home on El Indio Highway adjacent to a large…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County District Clerk Leopoldo “Polo” Vielma together with his Chief Clerk, Luz Garcia, discovered that approximately 80-100 jurors who have served in several jury trials in the 293rd and 365th Maverick County District Courts have not received payment…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry intercepted narcotics shipments worth more than $1 million recently, in two unrelated incidents. “These seizures are two fine examples of CBP officers’ training and experience keeping drug loads from entering the country,” said…

By: Laura Nelson The Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi), a freshwater turtle commonly seen in waters around Lake Amistad, will soon be the subject of research using state-of-the-art technology. Sul Ross State Univ. Rio Grande College biology professor Dr. Dan Foley and Dr. Michael R. J. Forstner, a biology professor at Texas…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Pass native Angel Ricardo Garcia graduated from the prestigious United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland on May 22, 2015, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering and a commission as a U.S. Navy Ensign. Garcia…

(Press Release) Washington, D.C., June 16, 2015 – In their first meeting since assuming their current positions, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch of the United States and Attorney General Arely Gómez González of Mexico reviewed the current law enforcement agenda between the two countries and pledged to work together to…