by Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune Sept. 29, 2014 On the campaign trail, Texas lieutenant governor candidates Dan Patrick and Leticia Van de Putte have aired deeply contrasting views on topics like immigration reform, health care policy and education funding. The two state senators will have the chance to discuss…

by Jay Root, The Texas Tribune Sept. 29, 2014 * This story has been updated throughout to include a response from the office of Attorney General Greg Abbott. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis accused her Republican opponent Monday of using his power as attorney general to “orchestrate a cover-up” of…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors comprised of President Juan Manuel “Chuco” Farias, Vice-President and Maverick County Treasurer Rito J. Valdez, III, Secretary-Treasurer Humberto Duran, and Board member Joaquin L. Rodriguez approved to increase Maverick County taxpayers’…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioner Jose Luis Rosales advises all Quemado and Normandy residents in Precinct 3 who did not get their trash picked-up this past Saturday, September 27th, due to the rains will get it picked-up this Wednesday, October 1st,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The thundering C. C. Winn High School Mavericks were lassoed by the visiting San Antonio Southside High School Cardinals 34-7 in their inaugural District 29-5A football game on Friday, September 26, 2014, at the Eagle Pass Independent School District…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 26, 2014 EL PASO — A federal program that transfers surplus military equipment to local communities — and is under review by the Obama administration — is drawing mixed reactions from border officials whose regions have benefited from the initiative. Run by the…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 26, 2014 In a speech in Washington, D.C., on Friday, outgoing Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst doubled down on claims that Muslim prayer rugs had been found on the Texas-Mexico border. “Prayer rugs have recently been found on the Texas side of the border…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc The Eagle Pass High School Eagles were blazed by the San Antonio Southwest High School Dragons in a high scoring Shootout at Cozel Foster-Veterans Memorial Stadium 54-44 on Thursday, September 25, 2014, in Eagle Pass, Texas, falling to 3-2…

by Aman Batheja, The Texas Tribune Sept. 25, 2014 *Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a comment from state Sen. Wendy Davis. A damning state audit has found an economic incentive program long championed by Gov. Rick Perry riddled with weak oversight policies, including more than $170 million…

A campaign manager was arrested late yesterday and accused of paying voters to vote in the November 2012 school board election in Donna, Texas. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas made the announcement….