By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court approved Maverick County’s local match commitment for mental health services contract with Camino Real Community Services (CRCS) at their Monday, July 14, 2014 special meeting. CRCS Director Emma Garcia presented Commissioners Court a summary signaling…

The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics welcomed three minority-serving public school district science teachers as “education interns” to take in a geoscience education project this summer. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation Geoscience Education Program, the DIG Texas (Diversity and Innovation for Geosciences in Texas) Instructional Blueprint project is…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court approved a charge of $2 dollars for the electronic filing (e-filing) of court documents during their regular monthly meeting held on Monday, July 14, 2014, to become effective October 1, 2014. The collection of the…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at City Council Chambers, 100 South Monroe Street in Eagle Pass, Texas, tackling many important agenda items including rezoning of properties public hearings, a Memorandum…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Eagle Pass City Council approved to update the City’s Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan at a special meeting held on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. City Council approved the amending of Section 21-51, Article II, Chapter…

by Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune July 15, 2014 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. In a 2-1 decision Tuesday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled — for the second time — that the University of Texas at Austin can use race as an element of…

by Eli Okun, The Texas Tribune July 15, 2014 More than 80,000 additional Texans have enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program since the rollout of the Affordable Care Act last fall despite Republican state leaders’ decision not to expand eligibility to poor adults, according to federal figures….

July 13, 2014: An officer assigned to the Patrol Division of the Eagle Pass Police Department responded to the J. C. Penney store at 6:00 p.m. in reference to theft and assault. The investigating officer spoke with loss prevention personnel who informed the officer of a male suspect identified as…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A construction worker at a Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas worksite, believed to be the new gasoline and convenience store at the intersection of El Indio Highway and Rosita Valley Road, was severely injured on Saturday, July 12, 2014….

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) Board of Directors are holding a special meeting on Thursday, July 17, 2014, at 12 Noon at the Administration Conference Room located on the Second Floor of the local hospital district’s office at…