United States Capitol 11:55 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a President we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy….

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Texas State Senator Carlos Uresti requested the Railroad Commission of Texas to deny Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s application to renew, revise, and expand Permit 42-A, Eagle Pass Mine, in a letter penned on December 6, 2012 to the three Railroad Commissioners. Senator…

In Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday, January 17, 2013, Maverick County Precinct Four Commissioner Cesar Flores, age 46 of Eagle Pass, Texas, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after a federal grand jury in Del Rio indicted him on January 16, 2013 in connection with an alleged…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal The Maverick County Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors approved the letter of resignation of Maverick County Landfill General Manager Hector Daniel Chavez and appointed Mike Castillo as Interim Maverick County Landfill General Manager at their Tuesday, January 15, 2013, regular meeting….

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal The State Commission on Judicial Conduct of Austin, Texas has issued a letter to Maverick County Judge David Saucedo advising him that Maverick County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Cesar Perez is temporarily suspended without pay from his judicial duties pending…

By: Sen. Carlos Uresti House and Senate budget writers unveiled their starting-point budgets for 2014-15 in week two of the legislative session. While this first peek was somewhat disappointing because many of the cuts imposed last time are still there, it is early in the legislative process, and I am…

Newly-elected State of Texas Fourth Court of Appeals Justice Patricia O. Alvarez of Laredo, Texas was sworn-in as the newest Associate Justice of the prestigious Fourth Court of Appeals of San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. at the Maverick County Historical Courthouse, located at 501…

The Maverick County Junior Livestock show will kick-off its 2013 activities on Sunday, January 20, 2013, with the Miss Maverick County Junior Livestock Show(MCJLS) Beauty Pageant which will be held at the Zan Mathies Showbarn located at the Maverick County Lake in Eagle Pass, Texas at 3:00 p.m. The 2013…

Del Rio News-Herald Longtime judge and former county attorney Carl Pendergrass died Sunday after battling cancer. He was 69. Pendergrass, who was appointed 83rd Judicial District Judge on Oct. 29, 1999, by then governor George W. Bush, spent much of his time in Del Rio dedicated to the community through…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal The Eagle Pass Independent School District (EPISD) Board of Trustees unanimously approved to name the EPISD Student Activity Center Football Stadium “The Cozel Foster-Veterans Memorial Football Stadium” at their Tuesday, January 15, 2013, regular Board meeting, reversing its previous policy not to…