By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass High School Eagles kick-off the 2014 Texas high school football season against the Killeen Ellison High School Eagles on Saturday, August 30, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at Converse-Judson Stadium in Converse, Texas during what is referred…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks open the 2014 Texas high school football season in a new district, 29-5A, and on the road against the Laredo LBJ High School Wolves on Friday, August 29, 2014, at…

HOUSTON – The former mayor of Progreso and three others have been sentenced for their convictions related a bribery scheme that permeated the town of Progreso and the local school board, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Omar, Jose and Michael Vela were originally charged along with Jesus Bustos based…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Democratic Party U.S. Senate candidate, Dr. David Alameel, visited Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas on Wednesday, August 20, 2014, speaking to Democratic Party supporters at a campaign rally luncheon at a local restaurant. During his visit, Dr. Alameel…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Another Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) budget, and another budget deficit is proposed as well as the raiding of the District’s reserves to balance the budget. At the August 20, 2014, MCHD Board of Directors Budget Workshop and First…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Aug. 22, 2014 EL PASO — As images of Central American minors huddled on detention center floors or crowded atop a northbound freight train are being replayed around the country, Texas immigration lawyers are scrambling to coordinate representation for the migrants. Unlike the criminal…

July 29, 2014 President Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama, My name is Maria Gunnoe. I live in Boone County, West Virginia, at the base of a mountaintop removal coal mining operation. My family has been here for generations, before the mine…

By: Ronald Hixson It is not uncommon for grandmothers to hug their grandchildren then make a comment about the child needing some “meat on the bones”. Children can be “healthy” without being overweight, and obese children often suffer from what some bullies say about them or names they are called….

Washington D.C. — The American Immigration Council, American Civil Liberties Union National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and National Immigration Law Center today sued the federal government to challenge its policies denying a fair deportation process to mothers and children who have fled extreme violence, death threats, rape, and persecution…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal The Maverick County Solid Waste Authority (MCSWA) Board of Directors may have violated the Texas Open Meetings Act at their Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Board meeting when it discussed its 2014-2015 fiscal year budget in Executive Session instead of in…