The nation’s 53 million Hispanics comprise 17% of the total U.S. population but just 10% of all voters this year, according to the national exit poll. To borrow a boxing metaphor, they still “punch below their weight.” However, their share of the electorate will rise quickly for several reasons. The…

The Justice Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that they have reached a settlement with the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) and the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to resolve allegations that both state agencies were liable for pay discrimination on the basis of sex, in…

DEL RIO, Texas – A Junction man landed in jail Tuesday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry found more than 20 pounds of heroin in his vehicle. Around 10 p.m. Tuesday evening, a 2003 Ford Explorer, bearing Texas license plates, arrived at…

(DALLAS – November 30, 2012)  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to approve the Texas clean-air plan that covers public notification requirements for facilities applying for air permits.  The proposed approval applies to existing facilities that plan to make major changes as well as new projects. The Texas…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon The United Medical Centers Board of Directors held a ceremony and reception on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, to formally dedicate its administration building in honor of its longtime Board of Directors President Ted W. Soret, D.D.S., deceased, for the past 27 years. Dr. Soret served as…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon 2012 District 29-5A Softball Most Valuable Player and Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagle Sandra Mendoza has announced her verbal commitment to play NCAA collegiate softball with the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks in 2014. Mendoza is a junior at Eagle Pass High School and…

By: Jose G. Landa Maverick County Commissioners Court is expected to approve the design and advertisement of request for bids to construct the Maverick County Emergency Operations Center at its meeting today, Thursday, November 29, 2013, at 5 p.m. The Maverick County Emergency Operations Center arose from the availability of…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry recently detained a Del Rio man wanted for sexual assault of a child. On Tuesday afternoon, CBP officers working at the Eagle Pass International Bridge inspected a black Hyundai Veloster, bearing Texas license…

By: John MacCormack After two decades of intermittent regulatory and courtroom struggle, a controversial proposal to open a large, open-pit coal mine just north of Eagle Pass is moving closer to becoming a reality. Despite broad local opposition to a mine project that dates to the 1970s, a hearing officer…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Ashly Escamilla of Baytown, Texas was named national runner-up in the Latino Art Beat 15th Annual Competition titled ‘What Hispanic Heritage and Culture Means to Me,’ earning a college scholarship. Escamilla also received a college scholarship from the Baytown Little Theater, the Mary Lou Burkett Scholarship…