By: Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News It is probably the most influential paper on climate science today. But few outside scientific circles even know it exists. Though just six pages long, its dense, technical writing makes it largely incomprehensible to non-experts. And yet this paper is transforming the climate change debate—prompting…

San Antonio, TX – Today marks the 94th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment, the amendment that championed women’s voting rights. Coinciding with this historic occasion, Senator Leticia Van de Putte’s campaign will kick off Women for Leticia, a grassroots effort to mobilize women across Texas for her…

“August is National Back-to-School Month. As both a parent and a public servant, I want to be sure our kids, our teachers and our schools have the tools and resources they need. Everyone should have a chance – an opportunity – to become a productive member of our society, and…

by Corrie MacLaggan, The Texas Tribune Aug. 15, 2014 Nudged by a father who trained racehorses, Dr. Orlando Garza set off to study veterinary medicine in College Station 35 years ago. Garza, who now owns an animal hospital in his hometown of El Paso, remembers being the sole Hispanic student…

Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation’s health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is being undermined by new barriers from insurers. The insurance industry responds that critics are confusing legitimate cost control with bias. Some state regulators, however, say there’s…

by Jay Root, The Texas Tribune Aug. 16, 2014 Gov. Rick Perry says he was just exercising his right under the state Constitution when he carried out a threat to veto millions of dollars in state funding destined for a public integrity unit overseen by a district attorney who had…

by Eli Okun and Gilad Edelman, The Texas Tribune Aug. 15, 2014 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. A grand jury indicted Gov. Rick Perry on Friday on two felony counts, alleging he abused his power by threatening to veto funding for the state’s anti-corruption prosecutors unless Travis…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. With less than 100 days left before the November 4, 2014 General Election, citizens interested in registering as a write-in candidate for the Maverick County, State of Texas, and federal races have one final opportunity to register during July…

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News A Texas judge has dismissed a million dollar lawsuit filed by a Karnes County, Texas, family who say their lives have been ruined by noxious emissions from oil and gas facilities near their home. District Judge Stella Saxson apparently accepted the argument made by Marathon…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Former Maverick County Sheriff’s Department employees, Daniel Cruz and Armando Sanchez, have filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, against Maverick County and the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department…