SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio resident Krystal Sanchez was an avid blood donor at the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC) for years, encouraging friends and family to donate blood and even helping coordinate her company’s blood drives. But she when had an emergency cesarean section earlier this year,…

On June 4, 2015, the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released estimates of the health and economic benefits if Texas decides to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. As Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman wrote, the report “leaves no doubt that the consequences…

by Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune June 4, 2015 *Correction appended HOUSTON — Accusing Republicans of a systematic effort to undercut voter access to the ballot box, Hillary Clinton called for expansive reforms to U.S. election laws in a speech Thursday. The front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination also…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune June 4, 2015 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has found no evidence that hydraulic fracturing has “led to widespread, systemic impacts” on the nation’s drinking water supplies, though the practice has harmed water in some cases. That’s according to the draft released…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Americans who experience a health emergency, but are more than 30 minutes from the nearest hospital, have a 46 percent mortality rate compared to 21 percent for those who live less than 30 minutes from a hospital. Even though 17 percent of the U.S. population lives…

By: Beth Werlin The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the federal government’s request for an emergency stay of the preliminary injunction, which has temporarily stopped President Obama’s deferred action initiatives from being implemented. These initiatives, announced last November, could shield as many as 5 million immigrants from deportation. As…

Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 9:55pm:  An officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to the Camino Real Port of Entry in reference to a wanted person. An outstanding warrant emanating from the United States Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force was confirmed for 27 year…

Press Release – Texans who sustained property damage as a result of the ongoing severe storms and flooding are urged to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as they may be eligible for federal and state disaster assistance. The presidential disaster declaration of May 29 makes disaster aid…

(USDOJ Press Release) – In Del Rio, Texas, on June 2, 2015, 45-year old Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) member Jesus Meza, Jr. (aka “Jesse”) was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for violating federal racketeering and drug trafficking statutes announced Acting United States Attorney…

Press Release – Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Texas businesses and residents as a result of President Obama’s major disaster declaration, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced. The declaration covers Harris, Hays and Van Zandt counties as a result of the severe storms, tornadoes,…