By Neena Satija, Texas Tribune and Texas Monthly Aug. 19, 2019 “How judicial conflicts of interest are denying poor Texans their right to an effective lawyer” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy,…

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Aug. 19, 2019 “Gov. Greg Abbott names new secretary of state months after botched voter roll review” 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…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 Eagle Pass, Texas United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Port of Entry Director Paul Del Rincon informed the Eagle Pass Business Journal in an exclusive interview on Friday, August 16, 2019, that two young persons had been detained at…

EAGLE PASS, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry intercepted a significant load of cocaine and heroin with a combined estimated street value of more than $628,000 in one enforcement action.  “I congratulate our frontline officers…

By A.C. Thompson, 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. It was late November 2017, and Matthew Bowen, a veteran Border Patrol agent, was seething. A fellow Border Patrol agent in Texas had…

Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Public News Service – IL CHICAGO – Illinois is among nearly two dozen states fighting a new Trump administration rule, saying it won’t be effective at cleaning up pollution from power plants. The Obama-era Clean Power Plan set nationwide targets to reduce carbon emissions from power plants….

Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service – MI LANSING, Mich. – Local experts say the latest changes to federal immigration laws would have damaging ripple effects on Michigan’s immigrant families. Under the new rule, legal immigrants who are applying for green card status would be denied if they’ve used federal assistance…

By Troy Closson, The Texas Tribune Aug. 14, 2019 “A new Texas law criminalizes sending unwanted nudes. Lawyers say it might be difficult to enforce.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics,…

By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune Aug. 16, 2019 “Dustin Burrows resigns as Texas House GOP Caucus chairman amid allegations of targeting Republicans” 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…

Letter to the Editor: Citizens of Maverick County, today justice was served. During the time that I was serving as your Maverick County Attorney, a case was filed in the County Court system that I believed did not belong there nor did the County Judge have jurisdiction to rule on….