City of Eagle Pass Faces Financial Dilemma Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
April 10th, 2020By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 The worst kept secret within the City of Eagle Pass, Texas is the impending financial dilemma facing the City’s fiscal budget for 2019-2020 as a result of lost revenues from the two City-owned International Bridges, sales taxes, Hotel Occupancy…
Eagle Pass Border Patrol Agent Thwarts Assault at Local Restaurant
April 10th, 2020(Press Release) A U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Eagle Pass Station stopped an assault on a local bystander, April 8. “Dedication to duty, vigilance, and quick response prevented this dangerous situation from escalating further,” said Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Doyle E. Amidon Jr. “Our agents…
Eagle Pass/Maverick County Rises to Nine Positive COVID-19 Cases
April 10th, 2020By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Although the City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas, who are in the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, are in synchrony approving same language restrictions such as requiring residents to stay at home, practice social distancing, and a…
Trump Removed the Head of the Coronavirus Bailout Oversight Board. Its Members Could Be Next.
April 9th, 2020By Isaac Arnsdorf, 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. In the wake of President Trump’s move to push aside the official who was supposed to lead the coronavirus bailout watchdog group, four…
We Still Don’t Know How Many People Are in the Hospital With COVID-19
April 9th, 2020By Charles Ornstein, 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. Late last month, Vice President Mike Pence sent a letter to administrators of the nation’s 6,000 hospitals requesting a favor. He asked them…
Some Taking Chloroquine Have Serious Side Effects, Including Psychosis
April 9th, 2020Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service – AR LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Some experts warn chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, recently authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to treat COVID-19, can trigger serious psychiatric effects. Dr. Remington Nevin, a physician, epidemiologist and faculty associate in the Department of Mental Health at Johns…
Coronavirus in Texas 4/9: Texas reports 10,230 cases and 199 deaths
April 9th, 2020By Texas Tribune Staff, The Texas Tribune April 9, 2020 “Coronavirus in Texas 4/9: Texas reports 10,230 cases and 199 deaths” 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….
Citing social responsibility, many churches and businesses deemed essential are closing anyway
April 9th, 2020By Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune April 9, 2020 “Citing social responsibility, many churches and businesses deemed essential are closing anyway” 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….
More Texans filed for unemployment in the last 4 weeks than all of 2019
April 9th, 2020By Mitchell Ferman, Anna Novak and Clare Proctor, The Texas Tribune April 9, 2020 “More Texans filed for unemployment in the last 4 weeks than all of 2019” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about…
Letter to the Editor: CBP Cancellation of Reduced Work Schedules
April 9th, 2020Dear Editor: I am writing as a representative of the 311 frontline employees who work for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at port in Eagle Pass, Texas, all of whom are worried about their personal health and safety and that of their coworkers and families. As essential employees we are…
