By: Robert Moore, special to 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. After a ProPublica investigation into the death of a teenager in Border Patrol custody, House Democrats are ramping up pressure on…

Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service – AR LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Over the past few years, the U.S. Senate has confirmed 185 of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, the majority of whom have a conservative track record. Along with two Supreme Court justices, senators have confirmed 50 circuit court and…

By Alex Samuels and Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Jan. 10, 2020 “Austin to consider stopping arrests, tickets in low-level marijuana cases after hemp law” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics,…

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Jan. 10, 2020 “Abbott tells Trump administration Texas won’t participate in refugee resettlement” 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. Gov. Greg…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber reported that the male individual that was shot and killed on Sunday, January 12, 2020 near the intersection of El Indio Highway (FM 1021) and Rosita Valley Road in an altercation was identified as Jose…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported one male individual was shot and killed by gunfire during an altercation with another male individual in the evening of Sunday, January 12, 2020 in southern Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas. The tragic incident allegedly…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 United States District Court Senior Judge David Ezra for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, ruled that former Eagle Pass Mayor Ramsey English Cantu is eligible to run as a candidate for the Texas House of Representative District…

(Press Release) Senator Peter P. Flores congratulated Frank Moreno, Mayor of Crystal City, on his appointment by Governor Greg Abbott to the Governor’s Broadband Development Council. Mayor Moreno joins 14 other appointees from across Texas with terms set to expire on August 31, 2024. “Congratulations to Mayor Moreno on his…

(Press Release) U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) and the Carrizo Springs Station arrested a man from Mexico with gunshot wounds, Jan. 9. “Cartel violence in Mexico has been on the rise,” said Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Raul L. Ortiz. “The Border…

By Bobby Blanchard, The Texas Tribune Jan. 9, 2020 “Add Texas 2020 election dates to your calendar” 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. 2020 is going to…