By: Dominic Valdez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2022 The Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees approved to name the inside loop at Seco Mines Elementary School, located at Diaz Street, in Eagle Pass, Texas in honor of long-time volunteer Margarita Banda at their Tuesday, June 21,…

By: Dominic Valdez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2022 The Eagle Pass Independent School District (EPISD) Board of Trustees approved the naming of the Student Activity Center, located at 5021 East U.S. Highway 277, in Eagle Pass, Texas in honor of former school teacher, principal, and youth sports enthusiast,…

Red flag laws likely remain a nonstarter among Republican leaders in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott already faced a conservative backlash after he asked the Legislature to consider them four years ago. By Patrick Svitek, The Texas TribuneJune 23, 2022 “Texas is unlikely to adopt key provision of bipartisan gun…

McCraw testified before a Texas Senate committee, laying blame on local police officers in Uvalde for not acting faster to save children in school shooting. By Zach Despart, The Texas TribuneJune 21, 2022 “Uvalde school police chief “decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children,” Texas…

State and local Uvalde officials have fought the release of records that could provide clarity around the botched emergency response to the shooting that killed 19 children and two educators. By Sneha Dey, The Texas TribuneJune 22, 2022 “State Sen. Roland Gutierrez sues DPS for not releasing Uvalde shooting records”…

Relatives of the victims and other members of the community also called for the ousting of Pete Arredondo, who is the police chief of the city’s school district and a newly elected council member. By William Melhado, The Texas TribuneJune 21, 2022 “Uvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to…

McCraw testified before a Texas Senate committee, laying blame on local police officers in Uvalde for not acting faster to save children in school shooting. By Zach Despart, The Texas TribuneJune 21, 2022 “DPS Director Steve McCraw says officers in Uvalde could have taken down gunman within 3 minutes had…

The Texas Tribune has reviewed law enforcement transcripts and footage that federal and state investigators are examining after the May 24 tragedy. By Terri Langford, The Texas TribuneJune 20, 2022 ““If there’s kids in there, we need to go in”: Officers in Uvalde were ready with guns, shields and tools…

The unremitting pace of ritualized mourning ended Thursday as the town buried an 11-year-old victim of the Robb Elementary shooting. Survivors now face less structured grief, starting each day knowing they will live it out differently than they should have. By Alexa Ura, The Texas TribuneJune 16, 2022 “The last…

By: Dominic Valdez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2022 The first wave of a large migrant caravan traveling through Mexico, estimated to be between 6,000 to 11,000 strong, has reached the United States-Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas as over 300 migrants were detained at a pecan orchard on…