By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. According to a public “Notice of Material Event for Continuing Disclosure Requirements of SEC Rule 15c2-12” filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission by former Maverick County Financial Advisor Roberto Rodriguez of Southwestern Capital Markets, Inc., “Maverick…

(Press Release) Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for…

(Press Release) EAGLE PASS – For the 13th consecutive year, IBC Bank-Eagle Pass is promoting higher education by awarding a combined $4,000 in scholarships to four area high school graduates as they embark upon college and a new chapter of their adult lives. The students were awarded the A.R. Sanchez,…

(Press Release) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – An indictment has been officially unsealed charging Eugenio Hernandez Flores, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, with conspiring to launder monetary instruments and aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Hernandez Flores, 57, was indicted…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court approved to hire an expert for the pending litigation case against Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s Eagle Pass Mine permit pending in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to expand its coal mining waste water…

(Press Release) AUSTIN ⎯ Texas gained 33,200 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in May bringing the over-the-year total to 286,400 jobs added. “Employers in Texas continue to create jobs in the dynamic Texas economy,” said Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) Chairman Andres Alcantar. “Our state provides many advantages to businesses that make…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A former technology company, Boss Technology, Inc. dba Pace Telco, of Maverick County Detention Center has filed a lawsuit in the 293rd Judicial District Court of Maverick County, Texas on January 22, 2015, against Justice Technology, Inc. for allegedly…

by Aman Batheja, The Texas Tribune June 18, 2015 The U.S. Supreme Court has backed Texas’ decision to forbid specialty license plates sporting an image of the Confederate flag, a ruling that could have national implications for how free speech protections apply to government services. In a 5-4 ruling released…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Mexican President Ernesto Pena Nieto welcomed Constellation Brands’ President and Chief Executive Officer Rob Sands to Los Pinos, the official residence of the Mexican President, in Mexico City, Mexico on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, to celebrate Constellation Brands’ $2…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court approved to give notice to a County Junkyard Operator to comply with the subdivision and/or deed restrictions prohibiting any junkyards within residentially-designated properties at Las Brisas Subdivision at their Thursday, June 11, 2015 special meeting….