El Consulado de México en Eagle Pass, Texas, tiene el agrado de informar que del 25 al 29 de Agosto se llevará a cabo la “Semana de Derechos Laborales”. En esa semana se ofrecerá información general sobre los derechos laborales de interés común para el empleador, el trabajador, su familia…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Texas West State Champion Eagle Pass Little League Junior (14 Under) Softball All-Stars crushed the Louisiana All-Stars 17-4 at the 2014 Southwestern Little League Junior Softball Championship tournament at Santa Fe, New Mexico on Monday, August 4, 2014,…

AUSTIN — The energy boom is bringing jobs and prosperity to communities in the Eagle Ford Shale region, but it also is putting more traffic, work crews and trucks on local roadways. In an effort to reduce crashes in these increasingly busy areas, the Texas Department of Transportation is reminding…

by Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2014 Federal officials along the border have scrambled in the last few months to house and care for tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America crossing the border into the United States. With many of those children remaining in Texas,…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,700 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value topping $1.4 million in recent weeks. July 29, agents from the Eagle Pass South Station conducting linewatch duties near El Indio discovered five abandoned bundles on a…

by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune Aug. 3, 2014 The harmful toxin found in Lake Erie that caused a water crisis in Ohio’s fourth-largest city this weekend has raised concerns nationally. That’s because no states — including Texas — require testing for such toxins, which are caused by algal blooms….

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The mighty Eagle Pass Little League Junior (14 Under) Softball All-Stars bounced back with an important win over their nemesis, Texas East (Rockport, Tx) All-Stars, crushing them 13-0 in the double-elimination 2014 Southwestern Little League Junior Softball Championship Tournament…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The talented Eagle Pass Little League Junior (14 Under) Softball All-Stars fell in their opening game of the 2014 Southwestern Little League Junior Softball Tournament against the New Mexico All-Stars 18-9 on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at Bicentennial Park…

Washington D.C. – The humanitarian challenge posed by the arrival of thousands of unaccompanied children and young families at our southern border has once again ignited passions over the role immigration plays in our country. Rather than respond to the arrival of children and young families as refugees fleeing violence…

Washington D.C. – The American Immigration Council, American Civil Liberties Union, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Public Counsel, and K&L Gates LLP have asked a federal court to immediately block the government from pursuing deportation proceedings against several children unless it ensures those youth have legal representation. The move comes as immigration…