Maverick County Sheriff’s Office (PRESS RELEASE) – On Tuesday June 4, 2013 at 8:26 am officers were dispatched to 978 Frente St. In Loma Bonita in reference to a possible suicide. Upon arrival deputy made contact with Enedelia Rodriguez who advised officer that her grandson Carlos Javier Valadez 18 years…

Washington, D.C.:   The House Armed Services Committee completed and approved its markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2014 with a bipartisan vote of 59 to 2. This legislation provides budget authority for the Department of Defense as well as the national security programs at the Department of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Live from the San Antonio Northeast ISD Blossom Athletic Center Baseball Field The Eagle Pass High School Eagles quest for a fifth trip to the State of Texas Baseball Championship Tournament was derailed on Friday, May 31, 2013, by the San Antonio O’Connor High School Panthers…

Report Shows 48,900 Veterans in Texas will Miss out on Medicaid Expansion Washington, D.C.:  A report by the Urban Institute shows that nearly 49,000 veterans in Texas will not gain access to healthcare because Texas has declined to expand Medicaid. In light of the new report, Congressman Gallego has written a…

By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 The 83rd Texas Legislature closed it regular session on Monday, May 27, 2013, without approving Medicaid expansion to over 1.8 million uninsured and poor Texans under the Affordable Care and Patient Act of 2010 as Texas Governor…

By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 For many years, City of Eagle Pass and County of Maverick former publicly elected representatives and local business persons reported being personally visited and lobbied by representatives of Dos Republicas Coal Partnership and being told that they…

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By: Julián Aguilar Since the 2010 U.S. census, the number of naturalized citizens has increased substantially in Texas, and the state’s immigrants account for significant purchasing power and economic output, according to an analysis by a Washington-based think tank urging immigration reform. Immigrants make up more than 20 percent of…

By: Jose G. Landa An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013 Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and five counts of extortion by a federal jury on Friday, May 24, 2013, in the United States District Court…