WASHINGTON – Today, towards the end of the second full week of the 2019 tax filing season, the Internal Revenue Service warned taxpayers to avoid unethical tax return preparers, known as ghost preparers. By law, anyone who is paid to prepare or assist in preparing federal tax returns must have…

(Press Release) Friday and Saturday  February 1st and 2nd, Eagle Pass High School’s Student Council hosted the District 15 Alamo Association of Student Council’s Leadership Workshop at the EPHS campus.  Fifteen high schools from surrounding communities brought 220 students and 25 advisers to our campus making this one of the…

By Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Feb. 7, 2019 ““This is very personal to us”: Santa Fe survivors are expecting results from the Texas Legislature” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics,…

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Feb. 7, 2019 “Texas Secretary of State David Whitley defends releasing flawed data about voter citizenship 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 Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Feb. 6, 2019 “Needing Democratic support, Texas’ secretary of state faces a rocky path to confirmation” 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…

(PRESS RELEASE) “Trump lied to the nation about El Paso at the State of the Union. He openly distorted the facts and the reality of our border region to justify the unjustifiable: his absurd obsession of a Border Wall. El Paso has been declared the safest city, long before the…

By Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Feb. 6, 2019 “Trump falsely said El Paso was a hub of violent crime before the border fence. Now he’s holding a rally there.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them…

By: Julián Aguilar, Gabe Schneider and Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune “In State of the Union speech, Trump continues hammering Congress over border wall funding” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 During his February 5, 2019 State of the Union Address by President Donald J. Trump, President Trump mentioned the Central American Migrant Caravan that arrived in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico on February 4, 2019 at the United States-Mexico border. President…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously approved an employment agreement with new City Manager George Antuna at its regular meeting held on Tuesday, February 5, 2019.  City Council member William “Billy” Davis was not present at the…