By Nick Miroff, The Washington Post Sept. 18, 2019 “Along Texas border, Trump administration sets up tent courts for virtual asylum hearings” 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…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously approved a $40.6 Million 2019-2020 Fiscal Year Budget without raising the ad valorem taxes at a special meeting held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. The City Council approved an ad valorem…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a tax rate increase for the 2019-2020 fiscal year budget of approximately 2.5 cents per $100 ad valorem valuation on real property from last year’s tax rate of $0.543400 per $100 value to the…

By: Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao and Jeff Larson, 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. Medical images and health data belonging to millions of Americans, including X-rays, MRIs and CT scans, are sitting…

Diane Bernard, Public News Service – VA ARLINGTON, Va. – Black and Hispanic people having a stroke are less likely than their white counterparts to get critical treatments, according to new research from the American Heart Association’s journal, Stroke. The study shows that one reason is that minority stroke patients…

Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Public News Service – OH COLUMBUS, Ohio — Troubling information has been uncovered about the use of so-called classified chemicals in fracking operations in Ohio. Using mapping and data analysis by FracTracker Alliance, new research from the Partnership for Policy Integrity shows the oil and gas industry…

(Press Release) – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector have seen an increase in vehicular smuggling attempts as drivers fled from agents at multiple immigration checkpoints in the last week. “Smugglers have no regard for the lives of the people they are smuggling or the traveling public,”…

Friday, September 13, 2019: 59-year-old Randy Vasquez was formally charged before a magistrate with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. This was a result of an investigation which originated on September 9, 2019 within the 2100 block of Quarry Street, Vasquez is believed to be the person who left a…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 An unexpected fire in a Union Pacific Railroad locomotive engine pulling a load of railroad cars approximately ten miles north of Eagle Pass, Texas caused a wooden bridge to burn and two cars on Sunday, September 15, 2019, disrupting vital…

(Press Release) A celebration of life ceremony honoring Border Patrol Agent Tyler Robledo was held on Sept. 12, in Carrizo Springs, on the fifth anniversary of his death.   “I am happy that the family is here to help us honor Tyler,” said Vanessa McKeon, Patrol Agent in Charge of…