by Aman Batheja and Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune December 12, 2013 A $225 million fund Texas lawmakers approved this year for counties impacted by the state’s oil and gas boom could end up being dispersed statewide, even in areas far away from any drilling. That’s good news for those…

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Pete P. Gallego (TX-23) today voted in support of the bipartisan budget deal. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 sets overall discretionary funding for the current and next fiscal years. The agreement provides relief from sequestration for two years and represents a bipartisan compromise between…

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,100 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value topping $900,000 in recent weeks. On Dec. 3, Eagle Pass Station agents seized more than 400 pounds of narcotics. When agents attempted to conduct a vehicle stop…

On Thursday, December 12, 2013 in Del Rio, Texas, 63-year-old Jose Luis Aguilar of Eagle Pass, Texas, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting bulk cash smuggling by United States District Court Judge Alia Moses for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division announced…

(Press Release) – The City of Eagle Pass Municipal Court will be conducting an Amnesty Program starting January 13, 2014 in an effort to encourage citizens with outstanding warrants to take care of their cases and avoid being arrested and paying additional fines and fees. The Amnesty Program period will…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioner Precinct 1 Gerardo “Jerry” Morales last minute offer to continue temporarily leasing the Bibb Street real property owned by the Maverick County Hospital District and which houses the County Commissioner Precinct 1 Office, the Justice of…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court discussed the possibility of selling the Maverick County Fairgrounds, formerly known as the Caballo Dorado Arena, after paying over $400,00 for it in 2010 at their Monday, December 9, 2013, Regular Meeting held at the…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved former Eagle Pass Independent School District Superintendent Jesus Sanchez as the new County Human Resources Director at their Regular Meeting held on Monday, December 9, 2013, held at the Commissioners Courtroom in Eagle…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Commissioners Court approved the naming of Raul Trevino to the vacant Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 Board of Directors at their Regular Meeting held on Monday, December 9, 2013 at the Commissioners Courtroom…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A total of over 30 persons registered as candidates for the 2014 Maverick County elections on March and November 2014 as the deadline to register passed on Monday, December 9, 2013 at 6 P.M. Maverick County Judge David R….