(Paid Political Advertisement). Eagle Pass, Texas-The City of Eagle Pass City Council Place 2 Run-Off Election is in its final stretch as City registered voters have only five days to cast their ballot for dynamic political newcomer, Elias Díaz, in this important City political race that will determine a new…

Por: Selene M Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. © 2020 Como una medida impuesta por las autoridades de Eagle Pass para intentar frenar el cruce no esencial, ante el incremento de contagios del Covid-19 en la localidad, se presentó una moción en sesión del Concilio de la cuidad, para…

(Press Release) The Mexican government generously bestowed $8,000 in scholarship funds to Sul Ross State Univ. in Del Rio on Wed., Aug. 26. José Luis Díaz Mirón Hinojosa, Cónsul Encargado, presented the check to Sul Ross State Univ. Rio Grande College Vice President Dr. Robert Munóz. Provided by the Institute…

(Press Release) Donald Ray Lockard, age 66 of Douglasville, GA, made his initial appearance in federal court today in Del Rio on charges in connection with the alleged scheme to steal over $2 million from the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated School District (SFDRCISD), announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash…

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Aug. 27, 2020 “Analysis: A weather map for Texas’ COVID-19 response” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Editor’s note: If you’d…

By Lizzie Presser, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Prompted by a ProPublica story that detailed how Black Americans with diabetes lose limbs at a rate triple that of others, the American…

By Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune Aug. 27, 2020 “Five health experts on the state’s coronavirus data backlog and what to expect as schools reopen” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics,…

Roz Brown, Public News Service – NM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sportswomen with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) say new sales of oil and gas leases on public lands will hurt Western communities. But that didn’t stop the Trump administration from resuming the sales this week after a five-month pause. Today,…

By Stacy Fernández, The Texas Tribune Aug. 26, 2020 “A Texas teacher who posted Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ posters in her virtual classroom was placed on leave after parents complained” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with…

By Cassandra Pollock and Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Aug. 26, 2020 ““We really dodged a bullet,” Beaumont official says, as Hurricane Laura downgraded to tropical storm” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public…