By: Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact When people who immigrate to the United States are enabled to become U.S. citizens, everyone benefits. Citizenship allows people to have more stable lives by granting access to better work, housing, health care, and education. This leads to a stronger, safer, and more prosperous country…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber reported that Eagle Passan Michelle Mendez, age 29, passed away from the injuries she suffered in a single automobile accident on December 15, 2019 while being a bystander together with two other individuals. Schmerber noted…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 As the year of 2019 winds down, the new year and decade of 2020 promises to bring change to the City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas residents. Eagle Pass residents are going to elect a new Mayor and…

Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service – IL SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Now that President Donald Trump’s executive order changing the refugee resettlement process has gone into effect, critics say they are less worried about states and communities refusing to accept refugees and more concerned about the administration’s overall strategy to curtail…

Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas — Nearly 100 days are left before the 2020 Census count begins, and advocates for Texans over age 50 say this massive undertaking is an opportunity for people looking for short-term work. Tina Tran, state director of AARP Texas, says her…

Suzanne Potter, Public News Service – MT FORT PECK INDIAN RESERVATION, Mont. — Thirty million bison once roamed the American West. Now, only 21,000 remain that are managed as wildlife. But this week, for the first time, female bison are being transferred out of Yellowstone National Park in a new…

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Dec. 23, 2019 “Analyzing 2019: The fall of a Texas House speaker” 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. Dennis Bonnen entered…

Eric Galatas, Public News Service – CO DENVER – In the first year of the Trump administration’s new tax law, 91 Fortune 500 companies didn’t pay a dime in federal income tax, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Report co-author Matthew Gardner, senior…

By Megan Menchaca, The Texas Tribune Dec. 23, 2019 “Everything you need to know about homelessness in Texas” 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 than 25,000…

(Press Release) Planet Fitness, one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the U.S. and home of the Judgement Free Zone®, today announced it will open its first location in Eagle Pass, TX at 455 South Bibb Ave. in the summer of 2020. The 25,000…