By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved to offer County Taxpayers a 3-2-1% discount program for early payment of their 2014 ad valorem property taxes similar to last year at a special meeting held on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Agenda…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at City Council Chambers located at City Hall, 100 South Monroe Street in Eagle Pass, Texas, approving amendments to several city ordinances including the…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) Board of Directors refused to retain special legal counsel and financial consultants to review its contract with Universal Health Systems dba Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center at their regular board meeting held on…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) Board of Directors approved to publish request for proposal for general counsel legal services for the second consecutive month at their regular meeting held on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the Second Floor…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Texas Sales Tax Holiday is this weekend, Friday through Sunday, August 8-10, 2014, announced Texas State Comptroller Susan McCombs. The Texas Sales Tax Holiday exempts many back to school supplies, clothing, footwear, backpacks, and other items priced under…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The never say die Eagle Pass Little League Junior (14 Under) Softball All-Stars rose through the Loser’s bracket of the 2014 Southwestern Little League Junior Softball Championship Tournament after falling to New Mexico 18-9 in the opening game to…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court held a special meeting on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the Maverick County Commissioners Courtroom in Eagle Pass, Texas, approving a resolution in opposition to the City of Del Rio, Texas sale of treated wastewater…

August 1, 2014: Officers assigned to the Patrol Division of The Eagle Pass Police Department responded to the 2000 block of King Arthur Street at approximately 3:00pm in regard to subjects smoking marijuana. Patrol officers encountered two subjects in front of a residence where a strong odor of marijuana was…

by Aman Batheja, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2014 One of the country’s largest freight railroad operators is requesting permission from the federal government to adjust its operations in Texas because of violence on the Mexican side of the border, including the fatal shooting in May of a train yard…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Aug. 5, 2014 Congress left towns and counties on the Texas-Mexico border hanging last week when it adjourned without sending a supplemental budget measure to the president. The local governments have used their own resources since last spring to care for thousands of undocumented…